33rpm vs 45rpm - which is better


Growing up, I was a big Peanuts comics fan including Vince Guaraldi’s music.

Recently, a remastered from tape “Great Pumpkin” vinyl was announced in both 331/3rpm and 45rpm, both are a single LP each at Elusive Disc. Both albums have the same number of songs.

It seems that playing slower allows for wider grooves, while faster may mean longer grooves. If so, I’ve no clue which one is better.

Which version offer the best sonics?

 

 

 

kennyc

Showing 1 response by rodman99999

                                             So Many variables!

     I own half-speed mastered, direct to discs and 45s, that all take me to to the event, as well as the same that don’t.

     Much depends on the recording techniques, who did the mix and master, quality of the vinyl, who built/adjusted the cutting lathes, amps, etc.

     Thus far: no vinyl tech I’ve personally heard, has outperformed the stuff that Sheffield Labs, Nautilus, Crystal Clear and MFSL produced, back in the late Seventies/early Eighties.

     Then too: Brubeck’s ’Take Five’ on Columbia, was my first Jazz album (conventional, bought around 1970) and it still sounds phenomenal.

     Crystal Clear’s ’San Francisco Limited’, D to D, 45 RPM album, is one of my favorites for evaluating a system’s sound.    White vinyl and (funny with that title) really good New Orleans Jazz.