They sound a Lot better.
softer, must more body to the music.
Vinyl is optimum only if they are completely dust-free, and if
the needle is replaced every 200-300 hrs of play. Without
that, over time, the sound becomes more muddled or cloudy (not
to mention damaging to the vinyl) - perhaps that is what some
people perceive as "softer".
Vinyl is optimum only if they are completely dust-free, and if
the needle is replaced every 200-300 hrs of play. Without
that, over time, the sound becomes more muddled or cloudy (not
to mention damaging to the vinyl) - perhaps that is what some
people perceive as "softer".
Many early manufactured CD players were terrible, and produced
a harsh "edgy" sound. Over time, that contributed to what some
people reported as "listening fatigue". I experienced the
same. I had thought that I had purchased a fine player. The
sound was super clean and clear, but over time there was
something about the sound that wasn't confortable to the ears.
Later, I got a new player with a better D/A converter
technology, and the difference was significant.
Nightfox wrote to Ogg <=-
Re: When everything is digita
By: Ogg to MRO on Sun Feb 26 2023 03:40 pm
Vinyl is optimum only if they are completely dust-free, and if
the needle is replaced every 200-300 hrs of play. Without
that, over time, the sound becomes more muddled or cloudy (not
to mention damaging to the vinyl) - perhaps that is what some
people perceive as "softer".
Another problem with records is that there's more surface area
toward the outer ege, which means there's less surface area for
audio information as the needle moves toward the middle of the
record, so the songs toward the outer edge will sound better than
the songs toward the middle of the record.
Another problem with records is that there's more surface area
toward the outer ege, which means there's less surface area for
audio information as the needle moves toward the middle of the
record, so the songs toward the outer edge will sound better than
the songs toward the middle of the record.
Well...... it's really not because of "surface area". It's due to the faster speed of travel of the vinyl under the stylus at the outer parts,
which makes it easier to encode the data accurately (because you have a longer distance for a given section of sound).
Another factor is that
the angle of the stylus arm in relation to the groove gets more
pronounced as it gets toward the inner part of the record, thereby introducing a form of distortion.
Quoting Mro to Nightfox <=-
Re: When everything is digita
By: Nightfox to Gallaxial on Sat Feb 25 2023 08:47 pm
Re: When everything is digita
By: Gallaxial to Ogg on Sat Feb 25 2023 08:14 pm
"a lot of younger female customers buying records. Now, it's
common to have 15-year olds coming in to buy everything from
old re-issues to new releases"
its not because the sound better on old record ?
I disagree that records sound better than other formats.. But that's a debate of its own.
They sound a Lot better.
softer, must more body to the music.
Quoting Nightfox to Ogg <=-Discman, what about the Walkman? Cassettes have their own issues,
I got my first CD player (a Sony Discman) in 1992, and I always
thought the CD players I've had sounded good all the time.
I got my first CD player (a Sony Discman) in 1992, and I always
thought the CD players I've had sounded good all the time.
Discman, what about the Walkman? Cassettes have their own issues,
but you could record the album and walk around listening to it.
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