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[Robin L]

Playing CDs is like playing Russian Roulette. You never know when you will scratch it, I'm clumsy that way.

I've been buying loads of $1 used CDs recently. Damaged CDs are very rare.

I can play both CD versions and vinyl versions on my active speakers. The issue is, vinyl merges the track into a very harmonious range. I never go, oh this is too loud, or the mix is not well when the volume is too high. On CD I feel the need to lower volume to bring some mids. I can't exactly pinpoint it. The vinyl always sounds more live.

But it's very rare to find LPs that don't have some sonic problems related to the format—clicks, pops, off-center pressings, IGD.

 

[Doodski]

I've been buying loads of $1 used CDs recently. Damaged CDs are very rare.

But it's very rare to find LPs that don't have some sonic problems related to the format—clicks, pops, off-center pressings, IGD.

My neighbor a 72 year old retiree has hundreds of movie DVDs. His dexterity and vision are or have failed and I set his big screen TV up with web sources for movies and all sorts of stuff and he loves that now. But he wants to toss all the DVD in the garbage now because they are useless to him. Nobody wants them.

 

[Robin L]

My neighbor a 72 year old retiree has hundreds of movie DVDs. His dexterity and vision are or have failed and I set his big screen TV up with web sources for movies and all sorts of stuff and he loves that now. But he wants to toss all the DVD in the garbage now because they are useless to him. Nobody wants them.

I volunteer at the local library. We get books, CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays as donations, sell them for $1 a pop, $3 for multi-disc sets. They have been pouring in as of late, we get more than we can sell. Got a handful of LPs, recent stuff. All of those sold.

 

[Doodski]

I volunteer at the local library. We get books, CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays as donations, sell them for $1 a pop, $3 for multi-disc sets. They have been pouring in as of late, we get more than we can sell. Got a handful of LPs, recent stuff. All of those sold.

That is a good idea....

 

[mtcn77]

But it's very rare to find LPs that don't have some sonic problems related to the format—clicks, pops, off-center pressings, IGD.

Maybe that is me, but it is rare for me to find an LP that rumbles. I have heard two in 100 I have bought very recently that rumble. Before purchase, I looked at my record player's rumbling frequency. There is an increase in frequency at 28Hz if you weigh it - I'm glad I didn't buy the Nines, they go lower than my record player is capable of muting. The pops and crackles are also very muted on my set. They sound only as much as a thump on a cardboard, very mellow. Klipsch is very criticised for its sound profile. I actually like it. So far my vinyl experience had been so good. I wish I could say the same for CDs. They sound much too boomy for my taste. Sorry for text wall.

I volunteer at the local library. We get books, CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays as donations, sell them for $1 a pop, $3 for multi-disc sets. They have been pouring in as of late, we get more than we can sell. Got a handful of LPs, recent stuff. All of those sold.

After I got the horn section LP and finding it absolutely mesmerising, I swore never to judge an LP on a digital media. The sound profile is just not the same on any other device. They sure did.

 

[mike70]

I've been buying loads of $1 used CDs recently. Damaged CDs are very rare.

But it's very rare to find LPs that don't have some sonic problems related to the format—clicks, pops, off-center pressings, IGD.

In my case is very rare to find a LP with that kind of trouble.
I clean them and I use a microline stylus ... IGD? I don't know what it's
clicks / pops? almost nothing
off-center pressing? I don't hear nothing bad in the sound

I'm very (very) satisfied with my vinyl system ... I understand that it's not my father system, far from that, much more care is needed.

 

[Nicoff]

That is a good idea....

 

[mike70]

Oh yes ... vinyl is an horrendous format ... send them to my address, I'll take the sacrifice for you