Does colored vinyl sound as bad as picture discs?


I tried searching for this, but didn't find an answer.

I know picture discs suffer in terms of AQ; do colored LPs sound worse than regular (black) vinyl as well?
madfloyd

Showing 1 response by opalchip

One can make a case that black vinyl is likely to be the WORST sounding color because of the carbon. According to the blurb on the back of my Peter Appleyard direct to disc album, "Salisbury Labs decided to use white virgin quadradisc vinyl after several tests proved it to be quieter than black vinyl. Carbon Black normally is added to records to strengthen them."

It is indeed a very fine sounding LP, but I suppose by the same reasoning, without the Carbon Black may not remain as good sounding after 25 or 30 plays.