So I just listened to NIN (Digital distortion in a purely analog signal path.) “Hurt” on vinyl. This is a song I know very, very well. One of my all time favs. I finally got my vinyl signal path dialed in so I broke out the record, which I’ve kept sealed for years. Put it on the record cleaning machine then on the turntable with the Denon 103R (The formidable Denon 103 vs. 103R low output moving coil phono cartridges – is there really a difference?…) tracking the grooves. I had great expectations which it met and exceeded, even over the SACD copy which I’ve listened to a lot. But what amazed me is just how fundamentally different it sounded, like I’m hearing this cherished song for the first time. Sure… it makes sense since I’d never before heard a purely analogue version. But still… amazing really. As a side note, Johnny Cash did an amazing rendition of this NIN classic, found here:
