Trollheart

Are they? So you're saying that if I bought, say, Ziggy Stardust on vinyl now it would sound different to the copy I already have, bought in the early 80s? Is it worth paying over four times the price though?

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elphenor

it would sound different than the CD

not better, but different

it would probably sound different than your original 80s record as well

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elphenor

personally I can't see much of a reason to purchase reissues, unless it's some kind of limited run that you're betting you can resell in the future

in fact I'd very rarely consider purchasing a record pressed after like 1988

BUT I'm glad people do as that's where all the $$$ is that keeps the whole thing rollin'

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Ayn Marx

All my LP’s are for playing apart from an original Beatles ‘White Album’ sealed in original packaging. They fetch silly prices these days. I’ve left it in my will to a relative who’s a nutty Beatles fan. He nearly fainted when I showed it to him. He collects Beatles memorabilia from concert tickets to all kinds of stuff I’d regard as rubbish.
A friend collects AC/DC memorabilia almost triggering a divorce when he had an extension built onto the house for his massive collection. Go figure.

Guybrush

They will generally sound different from CDs / streaming, yes. You can see more about this in the video I posted if you want.

I assume different releases of the same album on vinyl will also usually sound different, although probably less apparent. They can release it with a previously used master, buy if they have a stereo mixdown (which I assume is usually the case), it seems reasonable to assume one would master it again for a new release. You can put it through some new hardware / software, perhaps update it a bit according to the times (bit more compression / loudness maybe), etc. At least if the master is old and you're able, it seems weird not to do it.

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BloodFoxTK

i grew up in the late 80s-early 90s. my family only had a vinyl player.

of course vinyl isn't prefect, but it's a little slice of nostalgia for me.........also, i don't actually own a CD player.

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Ayn Marx

Sorry if this comes across as rude but you lot have no idea what you’re talking about.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/...ion-turntables

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Guybrush

If you've invested in vinyl equipment with prices like this:

TechDAS Air Force One Premium: $162,000 w/titanium upper platter

You better hope we don't know what we're talking about.

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Ayn Marx

You don’t. . . . . . . https://www.stereophile.com/content/...-elite-tonearm

There are overpriced pieces of junk selling well in many fields, cars, clothes, watches, turntables. However, none of that changes the laws of physics and electronics in relation to LP reproduction. Getting a microscopically small sculptured diamond to track the grooves in an LP is a mature science the rules of which are well known. The fact so many of you know nothing of these and/or have never experienced a state of the art analogue system strutting its stuff changes none of this. Having said that it needs to be noted that there are many excellent yet reasonably priced LP decks/cartridges out there BUT the fact must be faced to get the very best out of this particular technology requires serious money and commitment. I can understand why few have the inclination or disposable income to follow that path. Being the owner of thousands of LP’s in mint or near mint condition is only one of my reasons for going down a path I expect few to follow. Don’t however try and tell me I’m wasting my hard earned money unless you really know what you’re talking about.
Now here’s something to really make steam come out of your ears.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/...ono-cartridges

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