Every time I think I’m ready to quit vinyl, I inevitably put on a record that reminds me of it’s mellifluous charms. Today, it was “Sunday Mornin’” by Grant Green. Damn.I think I'm starting to get over my 10-year romance with vinyl. I've really slowed down my newly-pressed vinyl purchases in the past year and the thought of flipping through used bins has lost some appeal. Coming back a bit more to my "first love" - CDs! Trading one anachronism for another!![]()
Every time I think I’m ready to quit vinyl, I inevitably put on a record that reminds me of it’s mellifluous charms. Today, it was “Sunday Mornin’” by Grant Green. Damn.
I am enchanted by this effect as well. It would be considered distortion here, but it's that very distortion that produces a pleasing sound, and artificially enhances the soundstage. I was comparing CD to vinyl the other day, I think it was some Elvis Costello, and the CD was fine but the vinyl was more exciting. I believe it was the added noise and distortion providing some kind of dithering effect. Just sounded more like live music to me, or live in the studio. So count me in as a low-brow pervert.A record player generates small amounts of reverberation and intermodulation that can add a pleasing fullness to the sound. I know that ASR folks recoil at anyone liking anything other than pure “fidelity to the master”, considering those that might prefer it to be some sort of low audio perverts. The fact is, some of us care more about a pleasant experience. That’s why people still buy tube amplifiers.
I am enchanted by this effect as well. It would be considered distortion here, but it's that very distortion that produces a pleasing sound, and artificially enhances the soundstage. I was comparing CD to vinyl the other day, I think it was some Elvis Costello, and the CD was fine but the vinyl was more exciting. I believe it was the added noise and distortion providing some kind of dithering effect. Just sounded more like live music to me, or live in the studio. So count me in as a low-brow pervert.
You have to check Atmos Always On in the Apple Music settings if you want anything other than plain stereo when using anything other than Apple/Beats BT headphones.
There are about a half dozen things that vinyl does to the final playback sound.I am enchanted by this effect as well. It would be considered distortion here, but it's that very distortion that produces a pleasing sound, and artificially enhances the soundstage. I was comparing CD to vinyl the other day, I think it was some Elvis Costello, and the CD was fine but the vinyl was more exciting. I believe it was the added noise and distortion providing some kind of dithering effect. Just sounded more like live music to me, or live in the studio. So count me in as a low-brow pervert.
Don't forget pre and post echo, both of which artificially fatten the sound. Once heard, can never be unheard.There are about a half dozen things that vinyl does to the final playback sound.
To SOME, distortions, to some added "ambiance" and so on.
Low level rumble, out of phase noise and so on, all contribute to either a lesser or better "Experience" depending on the listener.
Is that inherent in the recording that you are mentioning or that which is added by the TT? (my Technics SL-M3 has a rumble level of -82dB, so I am unlikely to hear that).Low level rumble?
I would guess that most LPs add rumble. Most LP pressings have some sort of flaw. Aficionados of the format learn to listen around them.Is that inherent in the recording that you are mentioning or that which is added by the TT? (my Technics SL-M3 has a rumble level of -82dB, so I am unlikely to hear that).
It's the Dunning-Kruger effect in action - the more information we have on the subject, the less we seem to actually know. Also, an indication of information entropy, the heat-death of knowledge. The two are essentially the same thing. Just ask Oedipa Maas.Another year almost over,now over ten thousand posts, and the mystery has only gotten deeper, or, at least, more wordy.
The information content appears to have flatlined thousands and thousands of posts ago. Perhaps the thread is actually dead but doesn't realize it?
added by playback.Is that inherent in the recording that you are mentioning or that which is added by the TT? (my Technics SL-M3 has a rumble level of -82dB, so I am unlikely to hear that).
Quote from an AI search:
".. Research suggests that IQ scores rose by about 3 points per decade over much of the 20th century, but may have dropped over the past 30 years or so. Some experts argue this reflects changes in the school curriculum or maybe just the complexity of modern life. .."
AI just quotes among established "facts". It has zero ability to create stuff that human research hasn't published before. Zero. Nada. What we call AI is a glorified paraphrasing and plagiarazing machine. There are ongoing legal cases about it I actuall predicted 3 years ago on this website.With no fact checking. Just believing what AI says, could be a problem.
AI just quotes among established "facts". It has zero ability to create stuff that human research hasn't published before. Zero. Nada. What we call AI is a glorified paraphrasing and plagiarazing machine. There are ongoing legal cases about it I actuall predicted 3 years ago on this website.
So what I posted is based on established and credible insights somewhere. The claim isn't by any means the kind of outrageous lie that is presented as fact in everyday politics.
I actually don't feel I need to.OK - how do we explain theis?
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A Surprising Feature of IQ Has Actually Improved Over The Past 30 Years
The general consensus is that the constant bombardment of information and distraction that comes with modern living means that our attention spans aren't what they used to be.www.sciencealert.com
I actually don't feel I need to.
If we are honest we all know the mix of a disinformation overload combined with other factors has wrecked utter disaster on our collective IQ level as humanity. We are supposed to kind of accept ignorance.
To give you an example - a few weeks ago I was asked to build a presentation on some technical stuff and make it catchy. In one of my slides, I wanted to show the evolution of some very innovative capabiliies. I created a pretty slide that combined the evolution of that technology with the ability of life to swim-crawl-walk-think. I was told it could be offensive to some audiences. To which I replied people that writhe in the slime of ignorance are unlikely to be be the kind of innovative thinker we are targetting. Corporate branding edited my (visually beautiful) slide into the usual meaningless stuff, utterly destroying a decent analogy to be "woke" to utter, wilful ignorance. We are no longer publicly allowed to reference evolution, moon landing, relativity or quantum theory to avoid "offending" those who prefer to know nothing. Such progress, this ability to estabish one's own wilfully ignorant belief system as a universal truth.
That truly powers our collective IQ as humans...
PS: I *did* use my own slide and refused the branding edits. No one complained in the audience (smart people). The presentation got the highest score in the event. I even dared to add a visual of the world not being flat as I showed some global internat data.I'd rather become a hermit than bow down to the idiotization of the world.