This was cutting edge tech... I remember the excitement of replacing floppy discs with CDRs...
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I actually remember albums. They were these physical discs that actually existed within our 3D world. Made entirely of vinyl, they played on a modular device designed entirely for their use and their use alone. In comparison, they were close to the same thickness, but considerably larger than even the ancient CD-ROMs were!
And they sounded SOOOOO much better than anything you’ve ever heard.
Vinyls don't really offer any fidelity over digital, that's mostly confirmation bias from vinylheads owning nicer sound systems. But they're a fun and sort of interactive physical medium much in the same way books are, in that way they offer a unique and enhanced musical experience, and that's why I keep buying them to this day (It's 1PM on a Saturday and I've already played two LPs on mine today, while my gf and I ate breakfast).
I had to look this up because I thought… “this cannot be true!” But, yeah. Wow… TIL! Thanks for pointing this out!
This is how I see vinyl as well. I don't buy them for the sound quality, I have a huge library of uncompressed digital files for that. I buy them because they're a nice tactile thing to own that helps support the artists I love. 9 times out of 10 I'm not spinning vinyl when I listen to music, but I will if I want to create a particular experience/vibe in that moment.