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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2014 12:28:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2014 18:13:14 GMT
I forgot to add; on 180gram vinyl; of course.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Dec 29, 2014 22:01:38 GMT
I forgot to add; on 180gram vinyl; of course. It wouldn't sound as good as a CD, I don't have a turntable.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 15:39:15 GMT
I forgot to add; on 180gram vinyl; of course. It wouldn't sound as good as a CD, I don't have a turntable. Although they've held their price, the albums for them are almost prohibitive. I've been to some record fayres, but most of the albums, while looking okay, are severly damaged. The CD will not survive though, streaming will see it off, so the record will become the best way to 'own' the product, don't you think?
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Post by PinkFloyd on Dec 31, 2014 21:34:57 GMT
It wouldn't sound as good as a CD, I don't have a turntable. Although they've held their price, the albums for them are almost prohibitive. I've been to some record fayres, but most of the albums, while looking okay, are severly damaged. The CD will not survive though, streaming will see it off, so the record will become the best way to 'own' the product, don't you think? I was stupid, I sold off my vast record collection in 1984 (two thirds of which included my late fathers uber rare classical collection / master cuts etc.) I got about £1700 for them all at the time which was an absolute pittance, I sold them all to a record dealer so you can imagine the "true" value. I went over to CD and things never did sound so good but there's no going back for me as it would cost me a fortune to recreate that vinyl collection (I've forgotten most of what was in it) and I'm not sure I'd want to. I think that a good lossless file is a lot better than CD but I don't like the concept of not holding any "physical" recordings and always worry that the files require several backups and will, one day, need converted into some other format to continue listening to them..... instead of being "easy" this computer (as audio source) generation spends more time downloading files, backing up files and converting them than they do listening to music...... it's certainly not "easy listening" and it's damned stressful if your hard drive is wiped out by a lightning strike. Holding "physical" is good in the respect that it will always be there and vinyl is the most bullet proof medium there is, unless you have a house fire or someone nicks it. CD's begin to rot after a while and the shelf life is anywhere between 25 years - 35 years so all that crap on Tomorrow's World (back in the day) that they would last forever was just pure crap. Disc rot is FACT and a few of my early (circa 1984) CD's are suffering from it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rotAs good and stable as vinyl is it also has its flaws....... the sheer size of it, the storage of it, the cleaning of it and of course the introduction of rice krispies into the music (the snap crackle and pop)...... I don't think I would want a few thousand (or even a hundred) LP's cluttering up the place and I certainly don't want to be arsed with turntables and all the associated maintenance that goes with them.... setting up the tracking, changing the belt, setting the weight, deciding on which stylus to run / conical or elliptical / magnetic or moving coil cartridge.... levelling up the deck etc. etc. etc. etc. I think we all have to resign ourselves to the fact that nothing remains constant and all things must pass but we can only hope that things become easier (as in "easy listening") in the future..... it has never been "easy" has it? It has always required us to setup a device / fine tune a device and look after the "medium" that we choose to feed the device with...... the only "easy" listening I know of is when somebody else has gone to all the trouble of setting up the equipment and you simply appear at the door, pay your entrance fee, take a seat (or stand up) and let the band (of your choice) entertain you live. The easiest way of listening, by far, is still the radio...... VHF....... it's not the best of quality but, my god, it's easy to listen to.... turn it on and just listen to it, how easier can you get? The downside of radio is that you have no control over what songs they are playing but I like that! The best part of musical enjoyment is the journey into the unknown..... if we "know" what we are about to experience then that is, surely, not a journey but more of a personal recollection of a past journey? (played over and over and over again in your mind)........ You won't be in your comfort zone listening to the radio (I'm not talking Radio one here) but when that "WTF!?" moment hits you, hairs standing up on the back of your neck, and your jaw opens....... you will have experienced your first true "I want to buy that LP" moment for many years....... My current radio of choice is the Hacker Hunter RP38A..... a seventies (Made in UK) classic, you can pick one up on ebay for under £100...... it will pick up signals in the most remote of places. I'm off to heat up some prawns.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2015 10:13:44 GMT
That's got to be the longest 'Yes' I've ever received
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Post by mrpharmacist on Jan 1, 2015 11:15:05 GMT
Vinyl sound is lovely, both silken and punchy on a good system and cd doesn't compare. Where cd 'betters' vinyl for me though is it's physical portability if you move country every once in a while but more than that just sheer availability. You can get nigh on anything on cd, whereas vinyl has become the hobby of the completist with prices to match, an odd kind of collector..they don't even play the darn things
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2015 13:46:18 GMT
Vinyl sound is lovely, both silken and punchy on a good system and cd doesn't compare. Where cd 'betters' vinyl for me though is it's physical portability if you move country every once in a while but more than that just sheer availability. You can get nigh on anything on cd, whereas vinyl has become the hobby of the completist with prices to match, an odd kind of collector..they don't even play the darn things Having said that, I've just listened to the album bellow and can honestly tell you I bought it at the Record Fayre at the Dome for £2.00 and it's absolutely pristine. post image
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