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Rudy Van Gelder called the LP "the biggest distorter"

"As far as I'm concerned, good riddance. It was a constant battle to try to make that music sound the way it should. It was never any good. And if people don't like what they hear in digital, they should blame the engineer who did it." (Rudy said that in his interview: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/postscript-rudy-van-gelder-1924-2016-modern-jazzs-listener-of-genius)

And yet, many of us find vinyl records to surpass even the best digital sources. How to reconcile these controversial viewpoints?


Edits: 06/04/23
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Topic - Rudy Van Gelder called the LP "the biggest distorter" - magiccarpetride 16:36:34 06/04/23 (27)
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