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Same here. So sad to lose this guy.

wow...that's umm..I'm speechless.

She's great

This is not correct information, Sir.

@@AmericanSpyFox I think this was a sarcastic comment......

His dislike for CDs and digital formats in general stems from the fragileness of the formats in terms of historical preservation. On a vinyl record, the music is literally imprinted onto the disc. There is no encoding or file format, it's just a mechanical representation of the sound waves as grooves on a vinyl record. Same goes for analog tape, which is magnetic domains oriented in such a way that is an exact representation of the sound energy of the music. If you have a tape head that can detect changes in magnetic field, then you use those changes to drive a speaker and reproduce the sound. CDs, MP3s, etc are at the end of the day, just an assortment of bits, which can mean anything depending on how you read them. In order to get the music out, you have to read the bits in a certain way, e.g. at a certain rate, with a certain word length, with a certain amount of error correction, using a big or little endian storage convention, etc. This means that it's not trivial to build a system that can reproduce the audio from a CD or digital file in a scenario where the bit format specification is lost. Also, CDs tend to physically degrade after a few decades, I don't think vinyl records do that. Although, the same can be said for tape...

@@WesHampson What? CD-DA is such a popular and well-document format that you will be able to play it on any computer until the end of our civilization. Printed CDs can last over 100 years when stored in proper conditions. Only CD-Rs degenerate after a decade or two. Vinyl is no way more durable. Vinyl actually degrades with every single playback.

you're the first person in the history of time to ever postulate that records are a hipster fad and people only buy them for clout,I can only hope that harvard recognizes you as the genius you are and crowns you king of geniuses.

@@thepuppethead1188 Of course they are a hipster fad. Who normal would want that crap to be produced in 2020 when digital audio is far better in every way and doesn't pollute the environment? You like spinning those big records? I wonder what does it compensate for in your case?

@@sadderthanyou7793 I'm going to guess you've never even heard the word analog.

@Kevin Agreed, sorry for the pedantry : )

I think Steve just admitted that he and the other members of Shellac are all aliens.....

@Kevin they're fallen angels

Er... yes?

Right after that he basically says he views Shellac as a Boltzmann brain, or, in reverse, I've never heard him so trippy haha. but all true.

He worked for an advertising agency but your point's probably still valid.

@dezessete It wasn't HIS agency, he was a mere employee.