Both are unreliable .... I really have no idea but neither is a "fact" you can rely on. If my experience is any indication (which it isn't really) I have not had great luck with "box sets"... they look nice and are new but the sound quality is hit or miss at best... usually miss (compared to original versions).
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Can anyone explain the vinyl renaissance?
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So much can happen with a box set, remixing/remastering, better/poorer pressings etc. I generally wouldn't bother with a vinyl box set myself in any case.
I never buy them new but see them used and in more or less unplayed condition for cheap and sometimes take a chance and am usually disappointed.... I have had similar experience with both vinyl and CD box sets unfortuneately.
Thank you for your reply...
Yes, I have read it before but sorry, I don't believe in what he said for various reasons. However, I am not here to discuss about my reasons nor to debate about it so I will leave it as that.
Btw, you have every right to disagree with what I posted. So, lets just agree to disagree, ok?
I had the original SheffieldLabs Direct-to-Disc pressing of ThelmaHouston and the PressureCookers "I've Got the Music In Me" LP that would bring near-tears to my eyes.
A Thorens turntable and a McIntosh275 tube amp is all that I remember of the system at the time but the rest really did not matter.
For all I care, it may have been the worst system ever macgiver'd together... but the sound (or what my brain 'heard') of that album was like no other experience (live or otherwise). I never had any desires afterwards, to listen to that compilation on any other system or in any other media format.
Amazing what a piece of virgin vinyl can do to the senses...
A Thorens turntable and a McIntosh275 tube amp is all that I remember of the system at the time but the rest really did not matter.
For all I care, it may have been the worst system ever macgiver'd together... but the sound (or what my brain 'heard') of that album was like no other experience (live or otherwise). I never had any desires afterwards, to listen to that compilation on any other system or in any other media format.
Amazing what a piece of virgin vinyl can do to the senses...
Well part of it is I'd never buy a vinyl re-release. Just no reason to buy more vinyl. The remix sets vary, too. I do like some of Steven Wilson's remixes, tho limited as they are they tend to be quite good.
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No.
You made a statement that the evidence does not support. I pointed you towards the evidence. Now it is your turn to provide evidence in support of your statement. If not, then back off from your statement and say "it's just a wild opinion that I hold without evidence for no particular reason, and I acknowledge that the best available evidence contradicts what I said."
Then I will ask you why do you maintain baseless beliefs while admitting the evidence does not support them. And why do you chuck such statements into a science-based forum as being facts pertinent to the discussion.
You can disagree to disagree, but then @clearnfc can disagree with your disagreement - and so it goes on until you both disappear into a disagreeable black cloud.
If you do not agree with what I said, you are free to report them to the mods. I am not obligied to explain it to you.
You can disagree to disagree, but then @clearnfc can disagree with your disagreement - and so it goes on until you both disappear into a disagreeable black cloud.
Lol!! I don't believe in arguing over the internet....not anymore. Its easier to just ignore them and not waste time and energy over it. Worst of all, I am not paid!! haha......
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Audio is largely subjective and not entirely governed by facts. Yes, I think she was advertising that huge complete box set of MLP. I have listened to the LPs since they first came out and strongly feel that the CDs are short on fidelity. Is it possible that like some Sony Classics they did another remastering prior to re-release? Some of those are outstanding. I’m not a CD bashing LP fanatic, I just pick and choose what to my ears works. An interesting aspect of this discussion is how the introduction of the CD coincided with the period instrument movement. Boutique labels like Astree issued Baroque and early music chamber music that sounded fantastic. The sound was ideally suited for CD.
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Sometimes it's just not the same in downloadable digits. Or even those shiny metalized discs.
May she RIP
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"Can anyone explain the vinyl resistance?"
News Bulletin: You just did!
The definition of that word "argument" has taken on a sense of polarized confrontation, w/o exchange of ideas.
Even the University of Philippines has a course offering for next semester on "Fallacies of Arguments".
It should be mandatory education for civility-sake.
Why not ask @amirm to hook it up to his AP, it should be a simple measurement? The results of the measurement should allow us to make-up argumentative explanations.
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No. Bought first release of Radiohead's In Rainbows. Double LP (45 rpm) and two CDs. The quality of the sound from the CDs were just way way better than the vinyl. Only my opinion of course!
S.Q. of vinyl is highly sensitive to the setup used to reproduce it, what with all the tone arms, cartridges, turntables & alignments. Then there are the preamps with the high gain and EQ requirements to deal with. CD has less variability in that respect. You buy a competent player, plug it into a line input, and drop the disk in--done. Some vinyl equipment will do a good job with S.Q while other poorly set up or lower quality equipment will sound lousy. So, a relatively stable sounding medium (CD) is being compared to one that can be all over the road like horse apples. Vinyl can sound quite good if the setup is good. In short, vinyl has setup variability which is simply not present with CD, so chances of getting poor sound from vinyl are higher due to just that reason alone.
People that didn't buy and consume vinyl LP's in the 70's and 80's have trouble understanding that some of us old folks, including professionals were happy to put it behind us.
Early DAW on a Mac or an Amiga, testing 1992 and buying $4000 on computer memory.
Some of the best playback of recordings I have ever heard in memory were on LP. Some.
Wait until lacquer 78's become fashionable.
Early DAW on a Mac or an Amiga, testing 1992 and buying $4000 on computer memory.
Some of the best playback of recordings I have ever heard in memory were on LP. Some.
Wait until lacquer 78's become fashionable.
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FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS BUY VINYL….
just kidding…
live and let live
listen and let listen
sound should be fun so enjoy what you will …wether you are on the holy grail quest, just updating, showing off , trying to get laid or teaching the grand kids how it was done in the day…
just kidding…
live and let live
listen and let listen
sound should be fun so enjoy what you will …wether you are on the holy grail quest, just updating, showing off , trying to get laid or teaching the grand kids how it was done in the day…
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Well, it's official. Paul says that vinyl playback is better. He also says that Octave Records (AKA money sump / tax write-off / vanity project) is having a custom record cutting lathe designed for them. Lots of world class musicians in Colorado apparently.
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