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guitargods2009 
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 Topic: CD, LP or MP3?
Posted: September 26 2009 at 18:36 |
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LP's by far (for their wamer and BETTER sound quaity provided you have high-end audio gear). I grew up on vinyl. Just constently glaring upon album artwork & reading liner notes while spinning a record was the sh*t for me. A lot of LP's especially from the 1970's came with a gatefold cover with killer artwork to give you a visualization of what you're listening to. Led Zeppelin IV, Crimson's "In The Court..." & the Moodies "On A Threshold of a Dream" where some of the LP's I remember listening to as kid and getting into the artwork while listening to the music as opposed to tossing a cover on a table and walking away. That was part of the experience. Try getting that kind of inspiration from a stupid little CD booklet, just ain't the same. But for me CD's are sometimes more practical for obvious reasons nowadays. As a 30-something now glad I grew in a era before the advent of compact discs.
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tdfloyd
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Posted: September 23 2009 at 00:43 |
There was something special about putting the headphones on and looking at the the beautiful artwork and the lyrics from an LP.
CD's have its crystal clear sound, at least when they have been mastered correctly.
MP3's have never appealled to me. CD's are small enough for the car, unlike when cassettes were essential where you made the sound quality sacrifice for portability.
Missing is Laserdisc's for the "what the hell is that" response for the uninitiated  |
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 04:41 |
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^ cool avatar!
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imjammin
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 04:24 |
I like yours 
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: September 19 2009 at 03:35 |
Well, here's my version: SACD/DVDA > CD = FLAC/WAV/Lossless > MP3 >>>>> LP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cassette >>>>>>>>>>> Radio
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progkidjoel
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 18:39 |
^^
Pretty much a perfect list!
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 18:35 |
 Jake Kobrin wrote:
LP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. DVDA > CD > FLAC/WAV/Lossless > MP3 >>>>> Cassette |
 
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inrainbows
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 18:31 |
Jake Kobrin wrote:
LP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. DVDA > CD > FLAC/WAV/Lossless > MP3 >>>>> Cassette |
LP by far and then this is the order.
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Jake Kobrin
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 18:23 |
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About the price issue...
For the most part LPs are MUCH more cost effective than CDs or even MP3s. If you have a good record store nearby you can find amazing deals. I bought CttE and The Wall in pristine condition for a $1 each, and even KC's ItWoP for $0.01 (!!!). This, coupled with the fact that the quality is thousands of times higher, makes vinyl irrisistable for me...
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Jake Kobrin
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 18:08 |
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LP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. DVDA > CD > FLAC/WAV/Lossless > MP3 >>>>> Cassette
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imjammin
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 18:00 |
MP3 for me. At high bitrates, they're virtually transparent and I hate swapping CDs every hour or so Also FLAC/APE.
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himtroy
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 17:24 |
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Well, mp3s are lower quality than CD usually, so thats out. I'm going with LP. But only really because they always remaster the CD's poorly (I really hate when people "remaster" albums because it just always ends up being nothing but overly compressing everything and wrecking the tone)
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Canprog
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 15:11 |
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I have always been a CD man myself.
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 09:48 |
mystic fred wrote:
Mr ProgFreak wrote:
^ I know. But why is what you see more important than what you hear, when we're talking about music?
I think that 20 years from now CDs and vinyl LPs will be almost extinct, or at the very least CDs will join vinyl LPs in their role as obscure collectors' items. I don't think that by then we'll still be using MP3s, since file size will no longer matter then (we'll surely have terabytes of space on mobile players). My guess is that we'll purchase digital packages instead of CDs ... those packages will contain MP3s (for backward compatibility), high-def audio in various formats (stereo, 5.1, ...) and of course also the information we currently get as a paper booklet.
Personally, I'm looking forward to that ... I really care about the music much more than about the plastic case & disc.
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i doubt it, the metal film inside CD's biodegrade very quickly, i have vinyl lp's 50 years old that still play perfectly, and they should be around for another 500 years before they biodegrade, by then there will be no electricity or fossil fuel for domestic use, everything will be clockwork, including clockwork cars, record decks and clockwork computers - well we have clockwork radios already
i'm just winding you up.. 
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I think though that even in 50 years some will still have CDs in their collection ... the content will long have been copied to other forms of storage, but surely that won't mean that collectors will throw away their collection. But at least as far as I'm concerned, I'll shortcut that process and - at least usually - settle for the MP3s.
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Hawkwise
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 08:16 |
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Only one way to Listen to Prog, LPs Baby.
Edited by Hawkwise - September 18 2009 at 08:16
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mystic fred
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 07:04 |
Mr ProgFreak wrote:
^ I know. But why is what you see more important than what you hear, when we're talking about music?
I think that 20 years from now CDs and vinyl LPs will be almost extinct, or at the very least CDs will join vinyl LPs in their role as obscure collectors' items. I don't think that by then we'll still be using MP3s, since file size will no longer matter then (we'll surely have terabytes of space on mobile players). My guess is that we'll purchase digital packages instead of CDs ... those packages will contain MP3s (for backward compatibility), high-def audio in various formats (stereo, 5.1, ...) and of course also the information we currently get as a paper booklet.
Personally, I'm looking forward to that ... I really care about the music much more than about the plastic case & disc.
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i doubt it, the metal film inside CD's biodegrade very quickly, i have vinyl lp's 50 years old that still play perfectly, and they should be around for another 500 years before they biodegrade, by then there will be no electricity or fossil fuel for domestic use, everything will be clockwork, including clockwork cars, record decks and clockwork computers - well we have clockwork radios already
i'm just winding you up..
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Seyo
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Posted: September 18 2009 at 06:16 |
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I am an old LP buff and recently rediscovered good ole vinils. CD would never have the same feeling no matter how "better" the sound quality it may bring. MP3 is practical for storage of huge collections. So I vote for LP!
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: September 14 2009 at 12:51 |
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^ I've sold a few - about 100 actually, but I still have about 1000. Most of those that I sold had been in my collection more than 10 years.
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progkidjoel
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Posted: September 14 2009 at 04:21 |
Mr ProgFreak wrote:
^ that may be the right strategy for people who sell about as many albums as they purchase ... I rarely sell anything, so obviously it would not work for me.
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Thats the same for me - I've never sold a CD... I prefer to buy and keep them.
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: September 14 2009 at 04:15 |
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^ that may be the right strategy for people who sell about as many albums as they purchase ... I rarely sell anything, so obviously it would not work for me. Still, as much as I promote purchasing MP3s, of course there's nothing wrong with using other channels too, including cheap used CDs and vinyls.
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