Vynyl vs CD

[Bluefish]

I had been wanting one for a while and during the week we had a knock at the door and the mrs said it was a person from work, and when they had gone she called me into the kitchen and standing in the middle was an Amstrad HiFi system, we that is me and daughter age 13 who had never seen a record player befor lol were going cool, anyhow we gave it a clean up as it had been in a loft for the last 8years, broke the top glass cover in the process, bugger and gave it a try out every thing worked but the belt must slip or something, cos sometimes you notice the sounds drag.
anyhow we only had a couple of records that my sister had given my daughter cos she was going to make bowls out of them, if you had seen my sis's record collection you would make bowls out of them as well :smt103.
So today we were out christmas shopping and went into the old record shop, well there's two across the road from each other, and we got 12 lp's and 9 singles for £18 was well chuffed, came home and tried them out they are all playable most in really good nick, but when you really listen to them the belt problem was really peeing us off, so i got onto the tinternet and aquired one of those four into one record player cd, radio,mp3 thingy's including extra stylus for under £100, can't wait for it to come, i know i'm sad lol. For me vynyl beats cd every time, what do you recon anybody still listen to their old record collection.

[L3nny]

Belt drive is for amateurs. Direct drive is where it's at!!

[Bluefish]

Belt drive is for amateurs. Direct drive is where it's at!!
Bet that cost's a bit more though? lol

[L3nny]

Ahh but then you can do this

WMVGDxYtOdc

[tigersaw]

My lofts full of records. Coloured ones, broken ones, scratched ones, the lot.
BTW, its spelt vinyl.

[Biker Biggles]

My lofts full of records. Coloured ones, broken ones, scratched ones, the lot.
BTW, its spelt vinyl.

I got lots of old LPs too,and a turntable.
And don't you mean it's(pedant):D?

[DarrenSV650S]

Ahh but then you can do this

WMVGDxYtOdc

=D>

[Filipe M.]

For me vynyl beats cd every time,

Yes... every now and again I too enjoy listening to something with a noise floor so high that you can't hear the quietest things that are going on, was recorded with a completely warped EQ to be able to hold the bass because of recording medium limitations - with all the phase shifts this causes -, and has to be played back with a correspondingly inverse EQ - shifting phase a bit more for good measure -, and replace my stylus every thousand hours or so, otherwise the high end is completely gone and tracks start skipping...

... but I also shoot film, so I must be a masochist.

[Bluefish]

My lofts full of records. Coloured ones, broken ones, scratched ones, the lot.
BTW, its spelt vinyl.

Lol, you should have seen how i spelt it the first time, ;)

[amnesia]

If a band wanted their album to sound scratchy, they would have recorded the noises in the studio.

I have maybe a hundred albums on vinyl, but the ones that were any good I replaced on CD. I haven't quite made the jump to downloads yet.

I do miss the artwork though. Its not the same squeezed onto a CD sleeve!

[maviczap]

I certainly miss vinyl for the artwork and covers, and certainly for the warmth of sound that I don't get from CD or MP3's. You'd spend ages just looking through an album if it had a well designed sleeve.

As a youth I can remember buying Led Zep 1, 2 & 3 one Saturday as LP's used to be produced in Portugal, so they were cheap to produce & then buy. I have difficulty buying anything these days, it just doesn't have the same appeal.

I don't miss how much space my vinyl tooki up though!

[Jabba]

If a band wanted their album to sound scratchy, they would have recorded the noises in the studio.

They didn't come like that....... depends on how they are treated.

My views:

1. New vinyl on a decent hi-fi sounds 10x better than a new CD
2. Vinyl deteriorates each time it's played
3. CDs and mp3s are 10x more convenient and more consistent over time

Horses for courses. I wouldn't be without either :thumbsup:

[timwilky]

I too have a loft full of "Big black CDs".

There is was nothing nicer when the kids would listen to an advert on TV and say whats that music. 5 mins later they would here it blast out of the steam powered "Hi Fi". and I got the smug satisfaction that despite the wifes stuff being mixed in with mine. I still have some "Classic to me" albums, Zeps, Rush, Sabbath, and then some one offs etc.

[beabert]

CD

Vinyl is more exciting and more of an event though. IMO the quality doesn't compare to a cd, no hiss or other interference. No one can hear anywhere near 20k let alone higher, and the sample rate of a cd is too high to tell it apart from analogue.

[Binky]

Vinyl almost every time. Purely for the design and feel of them when in your hands.

The artwork and design has to be a big part to buy anything tangible now, otherwise it's just mp3's.

But CD design can still be just as appealing as vinyl, but more often than not it's just a crappy plastic jewel case.

[xXBADGERXx]

It`s all a load 0f high brow tosh , you eventually accept whatever format is thrust upon you eventually . I was still playing Vinyl when MP3`s came out and said they were a total bunch of BS .............. look at me now , only own Metallica on Vinyl , the rest was sold off when they were worth something .