Vinyl
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Vinyl is making a quiet comeback. And up until a few days ago, I didn't fully understand why vinyl was so much better than cd's.
Vinyl has two things going for it, dynamic range and depth. Cd's are a good medium, it's just how it's utilized these days that make them so bad in terms of sound quality. With dynamic range, vinyl recordings preserve the dynamics of a song, without over- compression of the transients, which results in a waveform that looks like a brick and sounds unnatural. Also, cd's, when mastered to be loud (rms -11db and above), lose some depth due to digital distortion, which results in an unnatural sound.
So if you care about sound quality, vinyl, over sacd's and dvd-a's is still considered a no.1 choice. And they are considered collector's items.
Long live the vinyl!
Vinyl has two things going for it, dynamic range and depth. Cd's are a good medium, it's just how it's utilized these days that make them so bad in terms of sound quality. With dynamic range, vinyl recordings preserve the dynamics of a song, without over- compression of the transients, which results in a waveform that looks like a brick and sounds unnatural. Also, cd's, when mastered to be loud (rms -11db and above), lose some depth due to digital distortion, which results in an unnatural sound.
So if you care about sound quality, vinyl, over sacd's and dvd-a's is still considered a no.1 choice. And they are considered collector's items.
Long live the vinyl!
NiggaHate
Banned
Nah dude, get ahold of 200 gram vinyl. It will change your life.
NiggaHate
Banned
ESPECIALLY FOR CUTTIN & SCRATCHIN, NOTHING COMPARES.
U REALIZE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD ANALOG.
EVEN OUT THE STUDIO, THEY NOT EVEN COMING OFF TAPE (ADAT DONT COUNT). ITS REAL SWEET TO HAVE BOTH ANALOG AND DIGITAL.
NiggaHate
Banned
Most of my vinyl was copped between '91-'96. I was buyin' tons of vinyl back then, for deejayin' purposes.
I still keep a lot of crates though, but mostly for my 60's and 70's records. I jacked the earlier ones from family, and started buyin' my own later. There's nothin' like havin' the originals.
I still keep a lot of crates though, but mostly for my 60's and 70's records. I jacked the earlier ones from family, and started buyin' my own later. There's nothin' like havin' the originals.
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kwazdog
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good analog is like good sex for the ears....I love tape hiss within acceptable limits...It's like magic. yeah these younguns have never heard tape, thats a shame. they don know about the velvet..
this was pain in the ass tho..
I miss these, I had the dope akai metal tape deck..
I got vinyl for days, I need to get it outta storage.
this was pain in the ass tho..
I miss these, I had the dope akai metal tape deck..
I got vinyl for days, I need to get it outta storage.
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kwazdog
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good analog is like good sex for the ears....I love tape hiss within acceptable limits...It's like magic. yeah these younguns have never heard tape, thats a shame. they don know about the velvet..
this was pain in the ass tho..
That shit used to happen to me all the time.
I turned into a damn surgeon to fix tapes that acted up like this.
NiggaHate
Banned
good analog is like good sex for the ears....I love tape hiss within acceptable limits...It's like magic. yeah these younguns have never heard tape, thats a shame. they don know about the velvet..
this was pain in the ass tho..
I miss these, I had the dope akai metal tape deck..
I got vinyl for days, I need to get it outta storage.
U KNOW U WERE THE SHIT IF U HAD ONE OF THESE! THIS IS HOW U LEARNED HOW TO SPLICE WITH THE RAZOR BLADE.
I have a large vinyl collection and as long as you buy quality used records and take good care with cleaning them you won't hear that snap ,crackle & pop sound.
You also need to have quality High End equipment(speakers,turntable..etc) to get the best sound out of your records...
A few sites you can look at to see what i'm talking about are..
1.www.audioadvisor.com
2.www.needledoctor.com
also a good place to find records that are excellent shape is www.flipmall.com
Do y'all remember at some point in the late 90's artists would intentionally put the vinyl crackle sound in at the beginning of certain songs?
That was when I recognized there is something special about that sound.
Tapes too.
That was when I recognized there is something special about that sound.
Tapes too.
NiggaHate
Banned
I have a large vinyl collection and as long as you buy quality used records and take good care with cleaning them you won't hear that snap ,crackle & pop sound.
You also need to have quality High End equipment(speakers,turntable..etc) to get the best sound out of your records...
A few sites you can look at to see what i'm talking about are..
1.www.audioadvisor.com
2.www.needledoctor.com
also a good place to find records that are excellent shape is www.flipmall.com
THE $20,000.00 TURNTABLE!
ON THE SITE THEY SAY "ADD TO CART"
THE $20,000.00 TURNTABLE!
ON THE SITE THEY SAY "ADD TO CART"
It's comparable to cars. Some people would say "I'd never pay $400.000 for a Maybach" while some people say " i only want the best,money is no factor".
You don't have to spend $20.000 to get quality sound out of your records,but you do have to be willing to spend a certain amount of money for quality sound.....