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RE: digital = clarity and duplicable
the ipod will never replace my memories...
I'm with you on the memories thing. When I was in college in Boston, it seems that all we did on weekend days was go from used record shop to used record shop. There were a lot of them in the eighties. I still have about 300 records or so moldering in my basement. Whenever my teenagers think they've stumbled on a great song they've heard, sometimes I'm able to leap down the stairs and emerge triumphant with the original vinyl in my hands. (Much to their feigned disgust but actual interest due to the album cover.)
I have to say I don't miss having to wet the record down with isopropyl alcohol to get a "good" tape recording. Dust was our enemy.
The weird thing is; whenever I hear a digital recording of a tune I haven't heard since the vinyl days, I tend to think; "That’s not how I remember hearing that; did they re-master it or something?" I think that might be the cause of a lot of people saying they liked vinyl better; our 'ears' have a memory for the way we heard it the first time.
Being able to carry an entire collection (ipod) from the house to the car does have its merits though.
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