Thread: Vinyl Music

I have spoken to a lot of people about audio stuff and have always asked that contentious question - vinyl or cd ?

The vast majority of them have told me that the vinyl record does not and can not reproduce sound any better than a CD. No vinyl proponent has been able to explain the logic behind their assertion that vinyl is better either.

I think it must be a bit like the old "How much to spend on an amp" question.

While most people will hear the difference in sound quality (not quantity [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] ) between a $300 and $3,000 amp; the % of the population able to tell the difference between that and a $10,000 amp is LESS THAN 0.5% (or so I read somewhere).

Its the law of diminishing returns.

<span style="color:blue">a high end audio amplifier will give cleaner purer sound.....


try this at home......turn on your stereo...and with no input ie. no radio, cassette, cd etc.....turn the volume up to maximum.......

what do you hear....?
a hiss?
that is some of the noise you get from the electronics in the amp that has to compete with the sound you wish to hear......
now if you also run your cd player (for example)....that will also give some more noise......


once you listen to high-end its hard to listen to a standard system as it just sounds wrong.....
if you have never heard the difference you wont know any better....it will all sound good......</span>

Originally posted by VladTepes
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Its the law of diminishing returns.

Then add the deterioration of hearing. The way of all flesh beyond the age of 25.

But there is more to music than sound and there are many steps and components in the process between the actual sound and the reproduction.

The instrument, the microphone the recording device, the reproduction medium and process so on and so forth until you spin it on your system.

So it boils down to an educated ear.

For me it is a tactile experience that forgives the snap crackle and pop and a bit of mains hum for the benefit of dynamic range and stereo imaging.

And then there is the component called the brain which at the end of all that technology has the final say.

And then there is the debate about Valve versus Solid State Amps 8O

Originally posted by one_iota
And then there is the debate about Valve versus Solid State Amps 8O

<span style="color:blue">i think this depends on ones patience......</span>

sounds like you know your stuff there, one_iota!!! good stuff!!! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

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unfortunately thats true... not many people can tell the difference and, as one_iota said, it does all come down to an educated ear.

cheers,
bryce

I don't know about an educated ear but I believe I have an educated rear coz people are always called me a smart-ar$e :wink:

Originally posted by VladTepes
I don't know about an educated ear but I believe I have an educated rear coz people are always called me a smart-ar$e :wink:

<span style="color:blue">yes....but have you ever wondered why they say it to your face.....</span>