Vynyl vs CD - SV650.org

11-12-10, 09:37 PM

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

.
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 · 11-12-10, 09:53 PM

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

11-12-10, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by L3nny

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

Bet that cost's a bit more though? lol

L3nny · 11-12-10, 10:23 PM

Ahh but then you can do this

tigersaw · 11-12-10, 10:27 PM

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

Biker Biggles · 11-12-10, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tigersaw

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)

?

DarrenSV650S · 11-12-10, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by L3nny

Ahh but then you can do this

11-12-10, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluefishman

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.

11-12-10, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tigersaw

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,

12-12-10, 09:10 AM

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!

11-12-10, 09:37 PM	#1
Bluefish Guest Posts: n/a	Vynyl vs CD 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 . 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. Last edited by Bluefish; 11-12-10 at 09:39 PM.

11-12-10, 09:53 PM	#2
L3nny Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2008 Location: MK Posts: 2,111	Re: Vynyl vs CD Belt drive is for amateurs. Direct drive is where it's at!! __________________ 2015 GS 1200 Adventure

11-12-10, 10:27 PM	#5
tigersaw Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Llanwrtyd Wells Powys Posts: 1,146	Re: Vynyl vs CD My lofts full of records. Coloured ones, broken ones, scratched ones, the lot. BTW, its spelt vinyl.

12-12-10, 09:10 AM	#10
amnesia Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Vynyl vs CD 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!