It's a interesting format in that the physics of it and the fidelity is pretty good and it has lasted this long as a format.So, what drives your interest in vinyl playback?
It's a interesting format in that the physics of it and the fidelity is pretty good and it has lasted this long as a format.So, what drives your interest in vinyl playback?
It's been proven that sitting for extended periods is bad for anyone. So now you have a valid scientific reason to get up. You're welcome.Some of us NEED to get up every 20 minutes (and do something, anything) to keep from having one foot in the grave.
It's amazing how good it sounds, given all the limitations.It's a interesting format in that the physics of it and the fidelity is pretty good and it has lasted this long as a format.
It really is. There are so many things that could or do go wrong and like speakers they do sound different from cartridge and turntable changes.It's amazing how good it sounds, given all the limitations.
I thought you were someone who believes vinyl sounds markedly different/inferior, if so, why would the vinyl attributes not come from the sound?Most of the perceived-as-coming-from-the-vinyl attributes are actually the usual sighted-listening misattributions, and aren't in the sound waves at all.
A lot of very bright people worked for many years developing the format. The RIAA curve, the choice of materials etc etc. It started as lacquer 78s, and no one ever said they sound good!It really is. There are so many things that could or do go wrong and like speakers they do sound different from cartridge and turntable changes.
After 38 years of no vinyl playback, I find it amazing you can remember differences in playback by different cartridges. Audio memory is a funny thing. I can remember coming to conclusions about different cartridges when I had multiple head-shells for quick changes, but would be hard pressed to duplicate that now due to mounting and dismounting time.It really is. There are so many things that could or do go wrong and like speakers they do sound different from cartridge and turntable changes.
Considering it originated from wax cylinders and evolved to the flat format we have today it has served us very well.A lot of very bright people worked for many years developing the format. The RIAA curve, the choice of materials etc etc. It started as lacquer 78s, and no one ever said they sound good!
O' for sure. I started with a 78 wind up old antique in the living room that we used sometimes and used every time the electricity went out then onto a ceramic type turntable and then when I got my first moving coil cartridge I was very pleased. I had some good mentors that guided me through it all and saved me the experimental stuff that would have wasted my expendable cash.After 38 years of no vinyl playback, I find it amazing you can remember differences in playback by different cartridges. Audio memory is a funny thing. I can remember coming to conclusions about different cartridges when I had multiple head-shells for quick changes, but would be hard pressed to duplicate that now due to mounting and dismounting time.
Which one? As any mechanical transducer they have differences in the way they measure, so their sound is different, unlike digital files played trough a dac that will sound always the same, not sure why you would want to use a CD system. The records themselves also have variations due to manufacturing variation that also can be measured, hence also be audible.I've wondered about EQing a CD system to sound like a turntable/LP
I think it would work but the issue with the process is that every cartridge in question would need to be used to make a reference calibration for each of them.Let me know if you ever succeed in digitizing that famous “vinyl sound” I will be the first one to want to hear it.
And do not forget the different arms, and the different settings VTA, antiskating, weight and the interaction with the preamp. which of those thousands of combination will be the reference?I think it would work but the issue with the process is that every cartridge in question would need to be used to make a reference calibration for each of them.
Wouldn't the digital glare ruin everything?I think it would work but the issue with the process is that every cartridge in question would need to be used to make a reference calibration for each of them.
Lol... Just need Ray Bans for the ears.Wouldn't the digital glare ruin everything?
For the same reason perceived speaker attributes often don’t come from the sound: sighted listening.I thought you were someone who believes vinyl sounds markedly different/inferior, if so, why would the vinyl attributes not come from the sound?
For the same reason perceived speaker attributes often don’t come from the sound: sighted listening.
We really need to do controlled listening to determine what are the perceived attributes coming from sound waves alone. When we do that, vinyl versions of the same master are detectably different from that master, and (a) that difference is in itself undesirable if we agree that preserving the studio master sound is a goal, and (b) there is nothing about that difference that is innately preferable to listeners, that I have seen.
Maybe it's not the S.Q. itself that's remembered, but the listener's impression of the sound that is remembered.After 38 years of no vinyl playback, I find it amazing you can remember differences in playback by different cartridges. Audio memory is a funny thing. I can remember coming to conclusions about different cartridges when I had multiple head-shells for quick changes, but would be hard pressed to duplicate that now due to mounting and dismounting time.
My turntable progression was basically as such:Maybe it's not the S.Q. itself that's remembered, but the listener's impression of the sound that is remembered.
I alighted in Melbourne en route to North American for skiing, and had the skis.Of all places I was in Austria. I am not sure what meds they were on but they were obviously mistaking Salzburg, Austria for somewhere in Australia!
Maybe their travel agent mixed up their tickets. I tried to tell them that they needed geography lessons. I just had to quickly leave. Thank God I remembered some short cuts through the buildings & streets from my younger days of being there in my FUN later teen years. What a ridiculous scenario that was.