Vinyl

Vinyl has much better sound. Cds can be digitally remastered from all sorts of sources, enabling encoding of all sorts of noises. I just bought "McGear" on Cd. Its absolute rubbish! Even at low volumes the piano just oozes with static, whereas my LP sounds kick!.But then with records, they have to be maintained because of the inevitable scratches, pops and skips. Buying a record player with a nice cartridge is a GOOD IDEA.

Well, it's not really the fact that its on vinyl that makes it better, it's the original mix that does.  That original mix is often only found on the vinyl though.  What crushes the audio of CDs is the mass compression and the output being jacked all the way up.  So I'd more so suggest trying to find non-remastered CDs than chasing after the vinyl, though I do enjoy my large vinyl collection.

Slartibartfast wrote: By the way, for those new to vinyl collecting you should rotate them.  I had a bunch that were soaked in a recent house flood.  They had been on the shelf and left alone for about 15 years.  They will flatten a little on the bottom rim.  One of my bosses decided to salvage them and noticed that.  On a side note, glass is also sort of a very slow moving liquid.  Panes in a window will get thicker on the bottom and thinner at the top as time goes by.

clarke2001 wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: By the way, for those new to vinyl collecting you should rotate them.  I had a bunch that were soaked in a recent house flood.  They had been on the shelf and left alone for about 15 years.  They will flatten a little on the bottom rim.  One of my bosses decided to salvage them and noticed that.  On a side note, glass is also sort of a very slow moving liquid.  Panes in a window will get thicker on the bottom and thinner at the top as time goes by. Err, no.

Uhm, which part?
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/Glass/glass.html
This sort of backs you up on the glass thing.
Then we can agree it's an amorphous solid.




Edited by Slartibartfast - January 13 2010 at 05:29

Slartibartfast wrote: clarke2001 wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: By the way, for those new to vinyl collecting you should rotate them.  I had a bunch that were soaked in a recent house flood.  They had been on the shelf and left alone for about 15 years.  They will flatten a little on the bottom rim.  One of my bosses decided to salvage them and noticed that.  On a side note, glass is also sort of a very slow moving liquid.  Panes in a window will get thicker on the bottom and thinner at the top as time goes by. Err, no. Uhm, which part? http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/Glass/glass.html This sort of backs you up on the glass thing. Then we can agree it's an amorphous solid.

Honestly, I don't know. It seems logical that if glass, which is solid state of matter, doesn't behave like a liquid, the same should apply for polyvinyl chloride molecules. I might be wrong though. I'm tempted to ask this guy...

I wasn't making it up, the vinyl did go a little flat.  Maybe by not more than a 1/32" on the bottom edge but it was noticeable.  I haven't checked out my top of the shelf records yet.  I'll report back in when I get a moment to inspect them. The storage location at the house was fairly even in temperature.  The storage unit where I have my top shelf LPs is conditioned.  But if the bottom edge flattened a little, who knows about the whole disc?  When my top boss attempts playback, I will also report back....


Edited by Slartibartfast - January 13 2010 at 10:19

I'm an official member of Vinylholics Conspicuous...

Vibrationbaby wrote: I still have my two turntables from the seventies ( a Dual and a Micro Seiki ) and I still use them almost every day. I think my dogs even use them when I'm not home. They prefer vinyl and they were both born when CDs were in vogue !

Your dogs, playing your records when you're not around?  I'd be keeping a closer eye on them when you're not around.


Edited by Slartibartfast - January 21 2010 at 12:26

Slartibartfast wrote: Vibrationbaby wrote: I still have my two turntables from the seventies ( a Dual and a Micro Seiki ) and I still use them almost every day. I think my dogs even use them when I'm not home. They prefer vinyl and they were both born when CDs were in vogue !  Your dogs, playing your records when you're not around?  I'd be keeping a closer eye on them when you're not around.

Well that's difficult because when I'm not around I'm usually not there to keep an eye on them. But I've got them trained to be very careful with their nails when removing them from the sleeve when I'm at home and actually  supervising them so when I'm not there it doesn't worry me them playing the albums. I mean, it's better than them destroying the house while I'm not there. It's a chance I take.

Aarf!!