Vinyl Music

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Originally posted by one_iota

So I went searching for a decent turntable expecting to find nothing and found to my surprise that they are still made....so I bought a Rega turntable and to my delight the ancient music sounds better than the pale CD reproductions. Such warmth and sound stage even with my failing hearing.

Am I deluded and if not when will people start producing analogue recordings again?

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analogue sounds so much better because you're hearing a continuous sound, unlike digital which uses a sample rate (takes a sample of the sound waves every so often, i can't remember what the general sample rate is off the top of my head :oops: )

as long as the whole recording path is analogue, and the medium the information is stored on is analogue (ie. vinyl or analogue tape) you will always hear a warmer sound that is true to the original sound source.

i LOVE analogue, but unfortunately it will never become as widespread as it once was. digital has taken over in such a HUGE way simply because of money...

it's a LOT cheaper to buy and manufacture digital equipment!!! eg. studio analogue mixing console $10 000 (and thats a really cheap one), studio digital console (which has in built effects etc AND lcd display) about $4 000 (and thats a pretty good quality one)

and now there is only one company in Australia that manufactures analogue tape, and they only make it to order... however, you can still get CDs pressed to vinyl, but it doesn't have the same sound quality as music that was recorded wholely in analogue...

anyway, sorry to ramble on... (i'm an audio engineer... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] )

cheers,
bryce

<span style="color:blue">thats not rambling at all.....
it was very informative information.....

we are all living a faster life these days at the cost of quality....



it is quicker to skip tracks and to copy and play etc. digital music than it was to do so with analogue......remember having to lift the needle off and get it between tracks? and missing?
remember recording records on to tape at single speed?
remeber having the time to do all these things?



we are simply rushing (and still not going fast enough) to get to our graves...</span>

I once had a huge collection of early to mid 70's funk/Jazz and fusion stuff.

I still kick myself for selling it all. :oops: At the time I had to. To buy the same records now would cost alot of money. I used to go to record fairs and markets etc and pick up stuff (thats very collectable these days) for $2 or less.

I once got a copy of Donald Birds "Ethiopian Nights" for 50 cents at a market in Byron Bay. Unheard of at that price now. If you know this style of music you'll know how "pricey" some of it can be. Take Kool and the gangs 1st album for example. Let alone old 45's and such.

Anyway Vinyl records kick ass and I will always love the sound of a good LP. I would love to start collectin again but one can only have so many hobbies that cost $$$$. I have re-gained some of the albums I used to have, but on CD. It's not the same. :cry:

Excellent stuff guys i got heaps of vinyl records (nearly 800) from 50s to the 90s Leadbelly to Franky and Zeppelin to Robert Johnson, i'm a big blues and Rock fan with Sinatra thrown in too.

Have been converting some to CD but found that you can download alot of the stuff i have from the net.

Wish i had the money for a decent turntable, the Technics will do for now.

Baz.

<span style="color:blue">technics make decent turntables......


just ask any dj what they used to use before cd players.....</span>

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK]<span style="color:green">what other gear you got the turn table plugged into?</span>

It's a modest collection:

NAD C 305 integrated amp

B&W 605 speakers (on "proper" speaker stands and bi-wired with decent cable)

A Thomson DVD/CD player (OK for DVD's but a bit ordinary for CD's). The DVD runs the Grundig widescreen TV.

A crappy Rotel AM/FM tuner

And a pair of AKG wireless headphones for when the neighbours get "narky".

I also use decent connection cables to the amp from the DVD and the phono pre-amp.

Now my brothers gear is to make one drool: Music Fidelity stuff including a valve pre amp, Orpheus speakers, and a Rega P3 turntable with a Garrott Bros moving coil cartridge.

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Originally posted by broonski

analogue sounds so much better because you're hearing a continuous sound, unlike digital which uses a sample rate (takes a sample of the sound waves every so often, i can't remember what the general sample rate is off the top of my head :oops: )

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Well I guess that the ears work in analogue so all that makes good sense. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

<span style="color:blue">hey...what are the chances of borrowing your brothers turntable....?

im running a pair of aragon palladiums through a pair of martin logan monoliths......the turntable should blend in just beautiful.......</span>

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Originally posted by DEFENDERZOOK


we are all living a faster life these days at the cost of quality....

we are simply rushing (and still not going fast enough) to get to our graves...

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unfortunately that is too true DEFENDERZOOK... and there's not much we can do about it...

cheers,
bryce

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Originally posted by one_iota+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(one_iota)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-broonski

analogue sounds so much better because you're hearing a continuous sound, unlike digital which uses a sample rate (takes a sample of the sound waves every so often, i can't remember what the general sample rate is off the top of my head :oops: )

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Well I guess that the ears work in analogue so all that makes good sense. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img][/b][/quote]

lol, thats all that counts!!! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

cheers,
bryce