That’s the hope with his return for sure!

It does take a bit of effort and engagement vs pure ala carte

I’m sure there is some truth to your perspective. Impatience and investment make awful bedfellows!

Thanks for the in depth comments as always! The Led Zeppelin situation is uniquely ensconced with one Jimmy Page who believes the best have been released with his remastering efforts and can control any future oneupmanship by denying reissues. That is, until the money gets high enough or is needed. Most things have a price and/or a time.

Excellent Point! Same with mastering engineers….

Too true! But down the road, who will do the research? Oh AI :)

I’m just hoping down the road AI doesn’t make the video.

There are plenty of newer generation folks into vinyl now, although the higher end releases do have an older audience. The sound of vinyl has more variables to affect the tonality and sound of the reproduction. Digital has that to a lesser degree but DACs do make smaller shades of distinction. The digital vs. vinyl sound debate is a matter of preference. Many believe it sounds better to their ears. Accuracy is digital can retain a sound signature less pleasing and more fatiguing to some. I don’t bash digital by promoting vinyl. But digital is a relatively sterile process whereas the nuances of vinyl creation and reproduction is more of an art. The waste argument is, I assume, related to the manufacturing process and is mostly constrained by recycling efforts I see in almost all plants today. I really enjoy multichannel capability beyond LP Quad from the 70s in the form of digital discs. And while they provide a more wide and discrete soundstage, more often than not, when it comes to stereo, I will stick with the 100 year dinosaur!

@@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion Good response, and you kept it civil, which is hard against someone who's never experienced a well done, all analog signal reproduced on a good system. Sad his ignorance will prevent him from enjoying a superior experience.

@@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursionWell David, you kind of just did...but let me expound: I have found it very interesting how words like "Sterile", "Clinical" have been applied to Digital as being "Too much" of either or other words that Vinyl Lovers use to describe the Format..."Edgy", "Crisp"....and of course, one of my favorite lines..."Not as Organic" as Vinyl. But nowhere in this video, nor does anyone else who loves Vinyl rarely mention that the inherent clicks, pops and noise of Vinyl playback, which is anything but "ORGANIC" to what a live concert or recording session sounds like in person!! As a retired Media Production Specialist, (Shoot, Edit, Write, Direct), as well as growing up in a very Musically inviting large Urban City in the 60-90's, I've listened to MUSIC in live settings from a couple guys playing Bongo/Conga Drums in the Park to Kennedy Center Concerts with a Full Orchestra and Vocals!! With todays DAC Chipsets and Clocking Schemes, there is no....retaining of a "sound signature". And as much, recordings in the Digital world are far far superior than they were 20 years ago. Digital playback is so much more true to life than Vinyl which a you described, has so many variables going on while creating those GROOVES, that literally "Etch" in all kinds of "Signature" elements in to how the Vinyl Recording sounds. And then more are introduced during playback...the tonearm and the Cartridge and Stylus, as well as the Platter itself and the Mechanism to make it spin. My Blusound Node, was replaced by a Eversolo DMP-A6 Master Edition. While no difference in tonality, the A6, just revealed a bit more information in terms of texture (hand movements on strings, differences in cymbal decay and the like). The USB DAC in my Yamaha AS-801 is a bit more revealing then the Blusound, but not as much as the Dual DAC Config of the A6/ME. But the tonality is consistent with all of them...adding no coloration. But saying Digital is more of a "STERILE PROCESS" as if what?, the word "STERILE" is a bad thing?? The last time I looked, 'STERILE', meant "CLEAN"...."WITHOUT CONTAMINATIONS". Vinyl Record Production isn't an ART, David...its a "PROCESS" which since the days of Thomas Edison has and continues to use some kind of "MECHANICAL FRICTION" Process to transfer sound waves eventually to the cutting stylus and then the Vinyl Platter, inherently, by default introducing noise and distortion. There are no less than 5 steps taken before the Vinyl records are cut that can have an effect on the quality of the "CUTTING", unlike a Digital Disc. In the early years, like Vinyl...CD's were mastered from Analog and Digital Tape sources...file based recordings didn't even exist at the time. To even get an idea of the difference in the amount information "physically" between the two...if the Digital Pits on a CD were enlarged to a grain of RICE it would span a half a mile in circumference! TODAY, Vinyl Records are cut from DIGITAL master files...Ironically. But guess what...because those environments are NOT STERILE, one can buy a BRAND NEW Vinyl Record like I did, and it can be scratched right out the Cover!! (A copy of Adele's Dual Abum set). And this is what makes Vinyl so wasteful, the use of plastics, more paper for Album Covers and far more materials used to create a turntable over a Streamer, File Storage or DISC Player. And now of course there is File based playback, which is even more efficient. I just don't see the "support for this..", as smart or really in the realm of achieving the best sound quality available in 2024. I do understand however the Nostalgia of holding on to what is many have invested a lot of coin in, and have owned for many years. But the misinformation of adds that say things like: "Vinyl, it how Musicians intended their music to be played back on!"(this was a real Ad), is irresponsible and false. Almost every single Musician will tell you they prefer Digital Recordings and Playback because its more accurate to the original. Cheers!!

@@Csnumber1 all valid points. I can boil it down to “we just like the sound reproduction, warts and all”. Digital does get the “accuracy” award, especially in today’s technology. I remember the old “isn’t live or is it Memorex” commercials which hardly holds a candle to todays technology! Cheers!