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Vinyl Records & The Music Industry

Listening to vinyl records one is immediately struck with a warm feeling. The instruments sound more dynamic. You can hear the woody hollowness of a hollow body. The swell of strings as they leap forward loudly in accent and decrescendo to a whisper. Uncompressed, dynamics give a spherical presence to each instrument, one sphere dilating while another miosis. The illusion of depth is preserved.…