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"If it's worth buying, vinyl. Just ordered bowie's latest on vinyl.  "
My dad has it on clear vinyl. It was a surprise for him & arrived yesterday. He's refusing to open it & says to get him the CD now!!! |
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I've finally, almost ripped all my music (100k+ tracks), and that's how I almost exclusively listen now - any track, any time, any where.
But agree vinyl does sound better...if I hadn't killed my hearing listening to it so loudly!
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"As I DJ also, I can appreciate the difference vinyl offers and, though its also very tactile, I'm very much a modern digital man these days.  "
Would you agree in saying vinyl is more authentic to what we do? Had to work hard to master mixing and getting the next one ready. Miss using them if I'm honest. |
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"Vinyl has a better timbre but I'm download all the way now. 5k songs on an iPod.  "
you do realise you will never own a download and can't pass it onto family funny really  |
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"As I DJ also, I can appreciate the difference vinyl offers and, though its also very tactile, I'm very much a modern digital man these days.
Would you agree in saying vinyl is more authentic to what we do? Had to work hard to master mixing and getting the next one ready. Miss using them if I'm honest. "
Certainly the perception seems to be that way and yes it does require (a lot) more skill to mix on vinyl but, no matter how much the old school will protest to the contrary (and I don't blame them as it takes a lot to hone those skills), the argument is completely irrelevant no matter which way you cut it. DJing is about what you play and when you play it, not what you play it on. |
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"As I DJ also, I can appreciate the difference vinyl offers and, though its also very tactile, I'm very much a modern digital man these days.
Would you agree in saying vinyl is more authentic to what we do? Had to work hard to master mixing and getting the next one ready. Miss using them if I'm honest.
Certainly the perception seems to be that way and yes it does require (a lot) more skill to mix on vinyl but, no matter how much the old school will protest to the contrary (and I don't blame them as it takes a lot to hone those skills), the argument is completely irrelevant no matter which way you cut it. DJing is about what you play and when you play it, not what you play it on."
I quite agree I remember djing in the late 80s with mostly vinyl and a few CDs then as its gone on over the years vinyl faded out CDs and downloads came into play. But it's all down to enjoyment and entertaining with what you play |
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"If it's worth buying, vinyl. Just ordered bowie's latest on vinyl.
My dad has it on clear vinyl. It was a surprise for him & arrived yesterday. He's refusing to open it & says to get him the CD now!!! "
Ill probably do the same. |
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For me its vinyl again .i bought a nee record player last year . Dug out my old records and life is jolly. I have erm heaps of cds too.
I am q music geek.i like to have something I can hold so downloads don't really make me chuckle |
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See plenty of "hipsters" who say they love vinyl.
Wonder if that's because of the warm richer sound that hasn't been conpressed. Or because listening to vinyl is cool now  |
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"See plenty of "hipsters" who say they love vinyl.
Wonder if that's because of the warm richer sound that hasn't been conpressed. Or because listening to vinyl is cool now "
I love vinyl because it is expensive, inconvenient, inflexible, outdated, fickle, easily damaged, inconsistent and awkward. Good music, art, is worth taking trouble over. |
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Vinyl gives the truest sound reproduction, ask any sound engineer, for me, vinyl will always be my first choice when buying music, and if you look in to it, vinyl sales are on the increase again |
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"See plenty of "hipsters" who say they love vinyl.
Wonder if that's because of the warm richer sound that hasn't been conpressed. Or because listening to vinyl is cool now "
Hipsters remember to clean your vinyl with your beard...  |
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For maximum audio enjoyment, it would have to be vinyl played on a high mass turntable through a quality tube amp and speakers.
But not that practical if you're backpacking/camping/at work/in the car etc.
High bit rate MP3s are comparable to CD, better to have lossless aifs or wavs, so CDs are pretty much redundant as a format now.
Unless you're listening on proper audiophile hi fi, you almost certainly won't hear the difference, other than the digital might sound brighter and clearer due to the compression.
Low bit rate MP3s sound awful on any system, but if you're listening on cheap buds or a cheap bluetooth speaker, then it really doesn't matter. |
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"As I DJ also, I can appreciate the difference vinyl offers and, though its also very tactile, I'm very much a modern digital man these days.
Would you agree in saying vinyl is more authentic to what we do? Had to work hard to master mixing and getting the next one ready. Miss using them if I'm honest.
Certainly the perception seems to be that way and yes it does require (a lot) more skill to mix on vinyl but, no matter how much the old school will protest to the contrary (and I don't blame them as it takes a lot to hone those skills), the argument is completely irrelevant no matter which way you cut it. DJing is about what you play and when you play it, not what you play it on. I quite agree I remember djing in the late 80s with mostly vinyl and a few CDs then as its gone on over the years vinyl faded out CDs and downloads came into play. But it's all down to enjoyment and entertaining with what you play "
Vinyl never really faded out. Cd will be gone and vinyl will still be here. |
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Generally I buy CD's but if I like the album do buy on vinyl, but only if it's good quality vinyl. I also buy second hand and reissue vinyl.
It's one of the joys of singledom being able to has all my music out on display |
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"Vinyl - no other media comes close for sound quality !"
I don't know if i have the ears to agree with that statement. But vinyl gives the best total listening experience quality! |
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Vinyl with a download code. I have a cracking separates system. Purely from a sonic perspective vinyl is better due to the wider frequency range and I love the warmth of it. A well mastered CD is great and wonderfully clean sounding. I still even have some tapes knocking around. I am not a luddite so for ease of use and portability I love my downloads too. |
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"Vinyl with a download code. I have a cracking separates system. Purely from a sonic perspective vinyl is better due to the wider frequency range and I love the warmth of it. A well mastered CD is great and wonderfully clean sounding. I still even have some tapes knocking around. I am not a luddite so for ease of use and portability I love my downloads too."
I'm sure i read somewhere that magnetic analogue tape gives the truest recording. |
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By *igeiaWoman
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"Vinyl with a download code. I have a cracking separates system. Purely from a sonic perspective vinyl is better due to the wider frequency range and I love the warmth of it. A well mastered CD is great and wonderfully clean sounding. I still even have some tapes knocking around. I am not a luddite so for ease of use and portability I love my downloads too.
I'm sure i read somewhere that magnetic analogue tape gives the truest recording."
It adds a natural compression that sounds fantastic. And true. My tapes are old and very well played so don't sound as good. But the nostalgia is part of the charm. And the physical act involved; I love the solid clunk of a tape player shutting. |
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Love vinyl but dont own a record player. Used have hundreds of CDs but sold miat of them when i realsed i can just download what i want. Alwys said that I'd buy on vinyl if its some i really like. Havent so far so making my mission to do so this year. |
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"Love vinyl but dont own a record player. Used have hundreds of CDs but sold miat of them when i realsed i can just download what i want. Alwys said that I'd buy on vinyl if its some i really like. Havent so far so making my mission to do so this year."
I remember my first gate fold was iron maiden "live after death". listening to it while looking at the detail in the artwork, and looking at all the photos on both sleeves......bliss! |
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I have too much music I have been told, vinyl, cassette, cd and downloads! Vinyl sounds so much better but like the convenience of streaming and downloaded music, All but cassettes are in alphabetical and chronological order #geek  |
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"I have too much music I have been told, vinyl, cassette, cd and downloads! Vinyl sounds so much better but like the convenience of streaming and downloaded music, All but cassettes are in alphabetical and chronological order #geek "
All our LPs are in order and catalogued - we must be geeks too !!
(and we're proud of our geekyness...) |
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"I have too much music I have been told, vinyl, cassette, cd and downloads! Vinyl sounds so much better but like the convenience of streaming and downloaded music, All but cassettes are in alphabetical and chronological order #geek
All our LPs are in order and catalogued - we must be geeks too !!
(and we're proud of our geekyness...)"
Don't worry I'm proud to be a geek my youngest is even geekier as she cosplays at comic-con's!! #raisedproperlike |
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I'm sure i read somewhere that magnetic analogue tape gives the truest recording."
Reel to feel that would be. Definitely not cassette although casette on something like a Nakamichi Dragon did sound pretty fine.
Reel to reel has also seen a resurgence recently with some Uber high end HiFi manufacturers using the format to showcase their hardware at shows and demos. |
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I'm sure i read somewhere that magnetic analogue tape gives the truest recording."
It does, but the noise floor is very high, and unless you use 1" tape @ 15ips, you'll not get hi fidelity. Also, the media degrades over time.
Vinyl is a compromise, it has to be compressed and limited due to the gap between the grooves, and the pure mechanics of agitating a mass in a magnetic field to produce the waveform, means that inertia will reduce the badnwidth it can reproduce, whilst again, degrading the media through mechanical abrasion.
I still have a windup mechanical player, with some original shellac 78 rpm discs :D
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All our LPs are in order and catalogued - we must be geeks too !!
(and we're proud of our geekyness...)"
Er yeah me too! You know you have too much when you need a list just so you don't buy the same thing twice... |
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FLAC i dont really see the point in paying extra for distortion.
If you want that just use a really shitty analogue amp or something else to introduce noise |
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"FLAC i dont really see the point in paying extra for distortion.
If you want that just use a really shitty analogue amp or something else to introduce noise"
To be fair I can never understand people buying vinyl to play it on cheap turntables. They are no better than a 60's Dansette. I've owned turntables by companies like Rega, Linn, Project, Pink Triangle and Micro Seiki and not one one of them would seen competition from flac. |
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"FLAC i dont really see the point in paying extra for distortion.
If you want that just use a really shitty analogue amp or something else to introduce noise
To be fair I can never understand people buying vinyl to play it on cheap turntables. They are no better than a 60's Dansette. I've owned turntables by companies like Rega, Linn, Project, Pink Triangle and Micro Seiki and not one one of them would seen competition from flac."
Ours are played on a 1956 AMI - perfect |
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"If it's worth buying, vinyl. Just ordered bowie's latest on vinyl.
My dad has it on clear vinyl. It was a surprise for him & arrived yesterday. He's refusing to open it & says to get him the CD now!!! "
I'll gladly take it off your hands. I couldn't get the clear vinyl one, just have the normal black one. Pm me? |
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"FLAC i dont really see the point in paying extra for distortion.
If you want that just use a really shitty analogue amp or something else to introduce noise
To be fair I can never understand people buying vinyl to play it on cheap turntables. They are no better than a 60's Dansette. I've owned turntables by companies like Rega, Linn, Project, Pink Triangle and Micro Seiki and not one one of them would seen competition from flac."
Doesnt matter how good the table is you are fundamentally limited to the quality of the medium.
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Gatefold were what attracted me. Growing up I used to trawl through my parents records looking at the amazing artwork you just didn't get with cassettes. |
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