Subj : Vinyl vs CD
To   : Ogg
From : Oli
Date : Wed Feb 23 2022 10:18:58

Ogg wrote (2022-02-20):

 G>> Even if a record is *broken*, you could still stand a chance of
 G>> recovering the data from it, albeit difficultly.

 O> Have you heard of the project that was poised to digitize LPs
 O> by passing a laser around the grooves?

I remember the laser turntable featured in hifi magazines in the 80s. Too bad there was already a much better and much cheaper laser based technology available ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_turntable

 G>> Permanence in an age of digital ephemera is an invaluable
 G>> attribute.

 O> I'd say longetivity over permanence.  Permanence is valueless
 O> at one's grave.  :/

Analogue has neither longevity nor permanence. How many master records or film disappeared or degraded and decades later even very expensive restoration efforts don't bring the original back (quality still worse, content missing).

For the home collection I agree that the old records will often survive longer than the MP3s on hard disks and in the cloud (or yourself).

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