Vinyl

[Oldlistener50]

OMG - there is nothing that sounds like vinyl (maybe those with high-end reel-to-reels, ok).

I just listened to Dean Martin's Christmas album. Pro-Ject turntable, Ortofon cartridge, into my Yamaha receiver on Pure-Direct, directing the electrons into my Grado headphones.

I have to say I am now listening to music like I have never heard before... it is really amazing and I am loving every minute of it.

 

[3db]

OMG - there is nothing that sounds like vinyl (maybe those with high-end reel-to-reels, ok).

I just listened to Dean Martin's Christmas album. Pro-Ject turntable, Ortofon cartridge, into my Yamaha receiver on Pure-Direct, directing the electrons into my Grado headphones.

I have to say I am now listening to music like I have never heard before... it is really amazing and I am loving every minute of it.

Congrats. There are few of us vinylphiles in here. )

 

[cpp]

. There are few of us vinylphiles in here

yes a few still survive.

 

[Guinness6]

yes a few still survive.

...and a few a still being born!

 

[bikdav]

Yep. Sometimes, vinyl cuts it big time.

 

[Pyrrho]

Sometimes, an LP sounds better than a CD because of the mastering. For an example, see this:

PACO057 - WAGNER Das Rheingold, Furtwangler 1953

If you scroll down the page, you can find samples from an LP and a couple of CD releases of the same thing in which excessive noise reduction software was applied, eliminating the high end (as well as other problems). Note, it is not the format that is at fault, but the mastering that was done for a couple of the CD releases.

It is really frustrating when a company decides to destroy the sound quality and then put it out on CD. But one should remember this and not blame the format, as the same thing could be done for an LP release.


For a lengthy article on vinyl versus CD as formats, see:

Vinyl vs. CD - A Running Commentary - Parts 1 - 5

 

[3db]

I've always maintained that it comes down to the mastering. Its not too difficult now for vinyl to exceed dynamic range of a lot of modern CD recordings due to the loudness wars.

Vinyl lives on while the demise of CDs continue which is an unfortunate turn of events.

 

[bikdav]

I've always maintained that it comes down to the mastering. Its not too difficult now for vinyl to exceed dynamic range of a lot of modern CD recordings due to the loudness wars.

Vinyl lives on while the demise of CDs continue which is an unfortunate turn of events.

Absolutely. Mastering is the big player in sound quality. I've heard many CDs that leave the previous LP release in the dust. I don't think that the CD is going away completely. But, I bet that eventually its count will be down by a healthy margin.