Which format do you prefer?

Snow Dog wrote: The only loss for me was the big covers.

I'm with you.  Vinyl is holding it's own against CD this poll.  We have a lot of vinyl fans out there apparently.  Man if only most of my records weren't ruined by the flood I could probably make a small fortune.


Edited by Slartibartfast - October 11 2010 at 09:10

Arnold_Layne wrote: if you chose vynil of CD, does it means you dont prefer portable music?

Snow Dog wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: Snow Dog wrote: king wrote: Once you've heard good vinyl, you won't be happy with anything else.   You are wrong. I grew up with vinyl and it ain't all that.  :   So did I and I agree. When Cd came along I never looked back. The only loss for me was the big covers.

So did I and when CD came along I said "wtF#^%$ is this crap??"

The warmth and abience of vinyl just can't be surpassed.  "Needle noise" is part of its charm, but if your needle and wear noises are intruding, you just ain't looking after your stuff. 

After that I'll take FLAC.

Though I will admit the new remix CDs of the Crimso stuff are superb.  They oughta make them available on vinyl.

:)

ergaster wrote: Though I will admit the new remix CDs of the Crimso stuff are superb.  They oughta make them available on vinyl. :)

They ARE available on vinyl.

CD is best for me...then I just sync tracks to my mp3 player...mp3s aren't all that bad either.

Slartibartfast wrote: Snow Dog wrote: king wrote: Once you've heard good vinyl, you won't be happy with anything else.   You are wrong. I grew up with vinyl and it ain't all that.  When Cds came out it was good bye needle noise.  I hate the "jewel" case.  Wish the original format had been put in cardboard mini-LP sleeves.  There really should be a moratorium on these threads until the next new format comes out.  So now I have to post the obligatory Jen Sorenson cartoon:

Edited by Arnold_Layne - October 11 2010 at 11:02

CD, for the clean sound, as others have said.  What was truly absurd when they first came out were the long boxes - 12 x however wide a jewel case is, just so they could fit in the same bins that used to hold 12 inch vinyl records.  Sound has definitely improved on CD, ever since the record labels realized that everything needs to be mixed differently to accomodate the new format.  Many early CD releases did not have good sound because of lazy mastering.  But with the newer and more appropriate techniques, the more recent releases sound much better.  Still, they are different in subtle and not so subtle ways.  I still have  all of my vinyl, but don't listen much because of their age and the fact that, as has been said, CD's are easier to deal with.  Very little of my vinyl has been replaced on CD, I don't see much reason for it, but for the few that I have on both formats, I hear the difference.  CDs are cleaner, yes, but vinyl has a ballsier capability - more bass and low end.  Still, I prefer the cleaner sound, and find little to no charm in the pops and scratches vinyl is subject to.  I grew up with that stuff and don't miss it, which is why I find it absurd when artists deliberately put those kinds of sounds onto their recordings.

CD's,
for convenience' sake I go for mp3, if I had an ogg-player I would go for that.

Snow Dog wrote: Hercules wrote: Snow Dog wrote: king wrote: Once you've heard good vinyl, you won't be happy with anything else.   You are wrong. Then you've never heard good vinyl. I have.

Me too.  ECM vinyl, they were usually supreme.

ergaster wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Hercules wrote: Snow Dog wrote: king wrote: Once you've heard good vinyl, you won't be happy with anything else.   You are wrong. Then you've never heard good vinyl. I have. You think you have.