Thread: Anyone Listen to Vinyl?

I love listening to vinyl. I made a similar thread my self not so long a go. I really should start buying more.

I, too, love vinyls, but I usually will record the vinyl on to a CD, therefore it only gets played once and then it's put away. I do this to preserve the record. I have a very nice Denon digital(& analog) turntable, along with an excellent sound system. I have about 500 - 600 vinyls(maybe more). Some are very collectable.

Do the vinyls produce a better, quality, frequency? A good question. I, for one, do not have the hearing capabilities to tell the difference, but I have experimented by listening to the same piece on both the turntable and the CD player. I can honestly say that the Turntable does seem to sound more full, if that makes any sense. I have been told that a digital CD player cannot reproduce the number of frequencies that an analog turntable can produce, and I do believe that.

Steve

Originally Posted by zepplin

I have been told that a digital CD player cannot reproduce the number of frequencies that an analog turntable can produce, and I do believe that.

Steve

The thing with digital is it's about sampling. The higher the sampling rate, the more 'true' the end product is. Sampling rates have got much higher, so the sound is improving.

If you think of a wave, and then imagine replicating that out of lego, that's the difference between analogue and digital. The steps representing the sampling rate, if you were using smaller bricks, it would be a fairer representation.

Originally Posted by zepplin

I, too, love vinyls, but I usually will record the vinyl on to a CD, therefore it only gets played once and then it's put away. I do this to preserve the record.

Steve

I have some LPs that are over 40 years old that were played hundreds of times when I was a kid. I have compared the sound to new 200 gram audiophile pressings of the same LP and to Mobile Fidelity UltrDisc Gold CD versions of same and the old vinyl sounds better than the CDs and sometimes as good as the new audiophile vinyl. Even as a kid I always took good care of my vinyl (I was spending my hard earned money after all) and always cleaned an LP before each playing. Cleaning, and proper stylus and turntable setup both will aide in reducing wear, and extending the life of your precious vinyl. My point is go ahead and listen to your vinyl if you want to.

Ray, have you met Sally White in Westport yet?

Brad

I still listen to vinyl, maybe not as much as I'd like because it is a bit inconvenient, but I still rate it as the best source for prolonged listening because it does sweetness and snappiness really well, at the same time if need be. People who scoff at the old technology tend to be bowled over with how it can bring something like Prodigy to life. I draw the line at valve amps though: my big Quad fluxdumping power amp is staying put.

I guess I'm a dissenting vote here. My college roommate had a Tandberg reel to reel system and he had hundreds of albums on a few dozen reels. They never scratched, skipped or melted. I've found vinyl to be just plain inferior ever since.

Originally Posted by icedog

Ray, have you met Sally White in Westport yet?

Brad

No. I just googled her and it might make for an interesting trip. Have you been to her store, Brad?

Originally Posted by RayG

No. I just googled her and it might make for an interesting trip. Have you been to her store, Brad?

Yes, I know her very well. She is an amzing woman. Whenever I haven't been able to locate a record, she seems able to find it in minutes. If you go, tell her I said hi.

Brad

Originally Posted by leadduck

I guess I'm a dissenting vote here. My college roommate had a Tandberg reel to reel system and he had hundreds of albums on a few dozen reels. They never scratched, skipped or melted. I've found vinyl to be just plain inferior ever since.

Yea I had a Teac. The problem is reel to reel was an inferior medium. The frequency response was inferior and saturation on the tape was a real problem and the old acrylic based tapes deteriorated pretty fast. The recording was never nearly as good as the original source.