I haven’t been on audiogon for a very very long time so please forgive me and my brief history of my second passion in life of being an audiophilist like my dad, occasionally rears its head on forums while I’m not in my favorite chair listening to music. Since my dad being an electronics engineer managed a Kent HiFi store in the late 60’s, I fell in love with reproduction of music and it’s aim to be as real as possible to the original music source back then. .......... ..So why do you love or hate vinyl? I’ll admit the old black record has taken of again with a passion and even my son in-law a generation behind me,is buying vinyl today like its going out of fashion just as I did back in the late 60’s ,70’s and through into the 80’s when CD’s came on board in my life. ...The above question has been brought up at many many dinners over the decades with other enthusiasts and my friends. I have come to the conclusion like my father that if you are OCD about perfection in this life unfortunate as I am and he is , your brain can’t turn off from imperfections ,its in our DNA .... Well you can’t but help hear and think of continual and the mounting imperfections while listening to vinyl records...Our thoughts when playing vinyl. "Is my turntable bias amp coloring this sound" or "is my stylus coloring this reproduction as well" or "is it turning at the exact same speed as the original master cut from the master real to real" . I’m also thinking, I can’t get true bass because I know vinyl can’t be cut deep or wide enough to a low music to go below 100hz . Am I building up static and altering coloring my sound?Did I clean the record properly before I put it on ,or crap the one i really hated is that a warp on my very expensive ordered in collectible vinyl record and every play it changes its sound quality because of needle friction cutting into that soft vinyl record its wearing the record out...The questions just kept coming but not any more ....So then I sit in front of one of my pure direct original gold mastered mobile fidelity SACD ,Steely Dan , Patrica Barber ,Eagles and I stop thinking and start enjoying, everything being perfect in the world again ,listening to a beautiful rich deep accurate surround sound stage whether it be stereo or multi ....So sorry guys and girls I fall into the later category I hate vinyl......Lived it, been there , done that. Besides these old bones like everything to be done with a remote . I don’t want to get up every 20 minutes flipping vinyl as I did way back when ,,50 years ago.. Thankgod for digital perfection.
Why do YOU love Vinyl/or hate vinyl
I just responded to the thread on how many sources do you have ( shotgunning tonight) and got me wondering why I love vinyl so much? Have a very good digital side on both my main system and my headphone system as well that was set up for Redbook playback (headphone system) only utilising my vast 1,000 CD collection, enjoyed it for about a year, added a turntable and haven't used it since. My love of vinyl has been with me for 55 years, buying and playing, setting up my tables , matching preamps and enjoying the fruit of my labor. I believe my love of vinyl is a simple one, it stemmed from the hands on, need to tinker and adjust that I was born with, it's a very physical attraction that I just can not resist, it satisfies a lot of needs for me and in some way is that mistress that I maintain. My turntable is massive and so easy to look at, I can touch it and get more out of it, I can read about the artist and get info while I listen to an album, I can swap out a cartridge and change the tone and in the day the album covers served as a rolling tray to roll a joint. I love vinyl, but absolutely understand while others don't. I also envy people like uberwaltz that have and use so many sources, wish I could. What say you?
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I like Vinyl because it is analog, and I don’t like digital 44.1kHz sampling rate, I believe 44.1kHz sampling rate is too low resolution. Although there are a lot of Hi Res streaming service online, but you can’t tell whether the original studio recording is 44.1kHz recording "upscale" to Hi Res bit rate. There is no sound quality improvement by "upscaling". Read this and I lost confidence in CD’s 44.1kHz sampling rate https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/is-the-sound-on-vinyl-records-better-than-on-cds-or-dvds.htm?utm_source=howstuffworks&utm_medium=recirc |
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