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Dunial 12-14-2017 02:01 AM

I love that sound. I gotta fight with them and i love that part, it's always a challenge

Akai 12-14-2017 09:57 AM

The difference can be a lot depending on what you listen to vinyl though.

I personally run my turntable through a 400 watt Peavey PA and the difference in compression of sound & element is huge.

Especially if you were to compare analogue to digital but that's a whole other story.

Exo 12-14-2017 10:30 AM

"Vinyls"

heker 12-24-2017 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiiii (Post 1379656)
Saying vinyls is like saying deers.

Deers are pretty dumb. Youtube is full of videos of deers with locked horns.

Sometimes one is dead, or partially aten by wolves.

http://www.outdooroddities.com/wp-co...o_horn_003.jpg

BloodFoxTK 12-24-2017 11:30 AM

personally, i have multiple albums on vinyl and i absolutely love them.

(photo of said vinyl to come at later date)

OccultHawk 12-25-2017 12:51 PM


Guybrush 08-15-2018 06:06 AM

I like vinyl records as a physical medium because of the large covers and childhood nostalgia. Do I bother listening to vinyl records? Not really, too much of a hassle.

Mastering guidelines are different for vinyl records, CDs or digital distribution. I haven't yet mastered anything for vinyl, but as far as I can remember, you may have to tame bass some (because it takes up more physical groove-space on the record) and you should use limiters lightly / sparingly or not at all.

This means that if you have a CD or digital version of a song and compare it to the vinyl version, you're by far most likely listening to two different masters. The CD / digital release is likely to be louder and more compressed. This doesn't have to be the case, but generally music on those formats is compressed/limited more.

Sound quality wise, the comparison wouldn't be that valid. I mean, you'd actually be comparing different masters. If someone put a vinyl master on a CD or digital release and played all formats through the same sound system, you might not hear much of a difference between the mediums besides the added noise of the stylus scratching the LP's surface.

Exo 08-15-2018 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tore (Post 1987342)
I haven't yet mastered anything for vinyl, but as far as I can remember, you may have to tame bass some

Not if you're Robert F*cking Ludwig. Dude is a legend.

Lisnaholic 08-15-2018 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ladyislingering (Post 1379219)
I really hate when people call records "vinyls" but I'm not gonna nitpick, because I like people who collect, love, and play them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr_Rez (Post 1379650)
But the term record could be used to describe a tape or cd or online album. When you say vinyl it is clear what you are talking about. People didnt say it then because their was no other alternative to mix it up with.

^ Back in the old days, 78s and 45s were described by their speeds. I presume that because "thirty-three and a third" was a bit of a mouthful, the next format to evolve was called a Long Player because it dramatically broke through the +/- ten-mins-per-disc barrier that had always applied previously. For something like ten years, a Long Player was always called an "lp," then, (and I blame this on musicians and journalists) the vague and slightly pretentious word "album" became cooler to use and the term "lp" was pretty much abandoned.

Of course "album" as applied to music is not format-specific. In a way that works well if you want to talk about a collection of songs that is published in various ways. What is a shame is that "album" has completely ousted the term "lp", which would be the perfect name to use in this thread and which would have avoided upsetting ladyislingering.

vinyl collector 12-11-2018 10:41 AM

Better sound quality - a CD cut the frequency at 22.05 kHz. Which means it's not possible to get better sound quality than 22 kHz.


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