I must be old


Listening tonight to Heavy Weather on first vinyl then CD through a Sonica DAC it occurs to me that there are no pops, the stage separation is larger, the dynamics are larger and the instruments are better defined. My record album is not brand new. It has surface noise. My CD does not. I want to love my vinyl but unless I buy perfect new LPs I cannot tolerate the surface noise or lack of frequency limitations for the sake of euphonic sound. Am I crazy?  Misinformed?  Stupid?  I have been an audiophile for 50 years. 
tgrisham

Showing 1 response by vinowino

Just my comment on the original post and those that agree that vinyl has too much noise.
Something is wrong if that is your experience.  I have been buying and playing records since 1964 (55 years) Most of them are dead quiet.
Last night I put on Duke Ellington Indigos and then Lightnin Hopkins Soul Blues. You cannot hear a thing until the music starts and nothing between tracks.I have some from the late 60's and early 70's that got poor treatment through playing at parties. But if you are hearing noise on new records something is wrong, ie. not clean, poor pressing, poor gear?