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🗓️ 27 March 2012
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Many audio aficionados split into two camps, those supporting modern digital audio, and those supporting vinyl records.
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0:00.0 | I'm always fascinated by the observation that as our technology constantly advances, there |
0:08.5 | are some who believe it's going backwards. |
0:11.4 | As we learn more, they believe we get dumber, and humans actually had better knowledge |
0:16.2 | and better insight back in the days when we knew and understood less. |
0:21.0 | Today's example, the idea that digital music recordings are worse than vinyl records. |
0:27.9 | All versus digital, it's coming up right now on Skeptoid. |
0:31.5 | Hey everyone, Brian here. |
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1:14.1 | Thanks. |
1:17.1 | You're listening to Skeptoid. |
1:21.6 | I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com. |
1:25.0 | Our vinyl recordings better than digital. |
1:28.8 | For as long as there have been competing standards, horses versus steam, paper versus parchment, |
1:34.8 | Android versus iPhone, quigs versus torries, fanatics have taken sides and promoted them |
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