what are you listening on?

[el_draco (Rom)]

Enigma: Principles of Lust...... What can I say?

[blink138 (Pat)]

Originally Posted by MattT

I'm not a techno type but Audacity records at 32 'whatevers' a second compared to 16 for commercial CD's. Sounds just like the vinyl in fact. It does take up a fair bit of room on the computer, and as most records are shortish I have yet to come across an album that doesn't fit onto a standard blank CD.
Well worth the effort and easy to use.
Matt

sounds interesting actually....... may have to look into that one
pat

[CJ (Chris)]

Originally Posted by blink138

what do the recordings sound like turned from analogue to digital?
pat

Depends on the quality of your analogue to digital converter. I did a load of my vinyl a while back using Roland and Tascam usb recording interfaces. It's a laborious process, especially if you split it up by track. Some of them sounded really good but I found worn records and/or the drop in quality towards the end of a side was very noticeable after years of distortion free digital playback.

[koputai (Jason)]

Yep, as far as quality of sound goes, CD rules. Anyone who says vinyl
sounds better is just trying to justify how much money they spent on
their record player.

As I've said before, vinyl is great, it has a degree of ritual and 'real world'
about it, but CD kills it for performance.

Cheers,
Jason.

[mercedes_sl1970]

Originally Posted by koputai

Yep, as far as quality of sound goes, CD rules. Anyone who says vinyl
sounds better is just trying to justify how much money they spent on
their record player.

As I've said before, vinyl is great, it has a degree of ritual and 'real world'
about it, but CD kills it for performance.

Cheers,
Jason.

Jason

You're a brave, brave person! If this were an audiophile forum, the call would have gone out immediately. Legions of vinyl aficionados across the web would now be awakening, their ire rising exponentially. You, the new blasphemer, would soon suffer unimaginably and hideously at the electronic hands of the guardians of the vinyl god...

Enjoy your last remaining moments of freedom on the web!

Andrew

[koputai (Jason)]

Too true Andrew.

Having worked professionally in theatre and studio electronics and
production for over 25 years, I think I'm entitled to a reasonably
educated opinion.

Yes, you can get fantastic sound from vinyl. If you spend over $5000
on your record player setup (not including amps and speakers), and
have virgin unblemished $200 a pop records, and not a speck of dust,
then you can get quality of sound approaching that of a $100 2nd hand
CD player from Ebay and a $2 CD.

Hey, I have no problem with people doing so, we all love our toys, and
for some of us the more idiosyncratic they are, the bigger buzz we get
from them.

Cheers,
Jason.

[blink138 (Pat)]

ha ha jason is correct in some way at least, but some of his terminology gives it away somewhat......... since the early 1970's i have had a few record players...... but i do much prefer TURNTABLES! just a word you say? yes it is but really a big difference to some
i nearly started this response with "har har! (nelsonesque) he said "record player!""
however i thought i could never become tired, from a pure technical audio point of view, of the wonderful clarity of digital......... but i do at least, although crystal clear the sound becomes tedious cold and hard.
what i have noticed most is, as clear as a cd is..... i can hear the sound coming out of the two boxes in the corner of my room but a well recorded vinyl fills the volume of the room completely and the loudspeakers become "invisible!"
viva la difference, viva vinyl!
pat

[koputai (Jason)]

Pat, I was just being a bit facetious, infering turntable is just an upmarket word for record player. A bit dismissive, in jest.

You just mentioned the key words, "well recorded".

I think part of the reason young people today are saying 'wow, vinyl sounds great' etc is because back when vinyl was it, production values were a lot higher. It used to take a team of experts and big bucks to make a record, so it was done properly. Now anyone can make and publish a recording with a couple of hundred bucks worth of equipment and very little expertise.

Cheers,
Jason.

[blink138 (Pat)]

Originally Posted by koputai

Pat, I was just being a bit facetious, infering turntable is just an upmarket word for record player. A bit dismissive, in jest.

You just mentioned the key words, "well recorded".

I think part of the reason young people today are saying 'wow, vinyl sounds great' etc is because back when vinyl was it, production values were a lot higher. It used to take a team of experts and big bucks to make a record, so it was done properly. Now anyone can make and publish a recording with a couple of hundred bucks worth of equipment and very little expertise.

Cheers,
Jason.

you are absolutely right there jason, recordings have never been worse than they are today
i found an old blues album by lighting hopkins in my collection about a month ago recorded in 1965! and to be honest it is one of the best recorded albums i have ever heard and makes the hairs on my neck stand up
pat

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Cheap and nasty gear thats easy to replace.
Cant see the need for expensive taste.
I mean gold plated leads...Really.
my 2c

Cheers

[blink138 (Pat)]

Originally Posted by Kevnool

Cheap and nasty gear thats easy to replace.
Cant see the need for expensive taste.
I mean gold plated leads...Really.
my 2c

Cheers

i suppose kevin its what you get out of it
a blind person (probably) does not collect art
a person who is "mutton jeff" wont collect music
a person whom has no olfactory knows nothing about wine!
however the topic of the thread is what do you listen to music on?
pat

[CJ (Chris)]

Originally Posted by Kevnool

Cheap and nasty gear thats easy to replace.
Cant see the need for expensive taste.

Cheers

Why not use a cheap and nasty scope?

[blink138 (Pat)]

Originally Posted by CJ

Why not use a cheap and nasty scope?

check and mate i believe sir!

[CJ (Chris)]

Originally Posted by blink138

check and mate i believe sir!

[taminga16 (Greg)]

Originally Posted by Kevnool

Cheap and nasty gear thats easy to replace.
Cant see the need for expensive taste.
I mean gold plated leads...Really.
my 2c

Cheers

Hi Kev,
How much did you pay for the last set of HT Leads for that lump that features as you avatar?
Greg.

[Kunama]

John Denver and Neil Diamond sound fine enough for my deaf ears on my Yamaha RX-396 and CDC-585 through four Wharfedale Valdus-500 Midi Towers.

I can, however, understand the need for some to go to proper Hi-Fi standards, I can only turn up the volume when alone anyway.