Vinyl records or CD's?

by JH 33 Replies latest jw friends

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  searchfothetruth

  Only have CD's now.

  My dad put my collection of LP's next to a radiator and they warped (good job when I remember what they were)

  Vinyl was too easily scratched, CD's are better because you can skip tracks and fast forward etc.
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  Simon

  CD's sound better than Vinyl. They are capable of recording more detail and deciphering it more accurately.

  However (and maybe it's something to do with my age) putting a CD on isn't quite the same 'experience' as playing a favourite and treasured LP used to.

  1. You had to look after them

  2. The albums were art instead of a postage sized pic

  3. You had a felt pad to clean the dust off the LP

  4. You cleaned fluff off the stylus with the little brush

  5. You had a soft, dull "thump" as the stylus lowered onto the vinyl with the little arm next to the dangling weights to balance it (non of that auto crap)

  6. You got used to the little scratches and pops that were on each album. I almost expect some of them on some songs even now.

  7. Turn the lights off and slip into Queen / Led Zep / Dylan etc... with a pint fo chilled home-brew in your hand

  Ah ...
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  amac

  Vinyl was too easily scratched, CD's are better because you can skip tracks and fast forward etc.

  I can skip tracks and fast forward on a record just as fast if not faster on a turntable. Just can't do it with a remote!
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  primitivegenius

  yall are on crack......... everyone knows that 8tracks rule
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  maxwell

  yall are on crack......... everyone knows that 8tracks rule

  LOL, I actually have some recollection of 8-tracks. Although they were just about gone when I came along, the first stereo I can remember in our house when I was a child had a radio, a record player and an 8-track player. We had an 8-track adapter that we'd stick the newer "modern" cassettes into so that we could play them on that stereo. I remember seeing a few old 8-tracks but I don't know what happened to them. My parents got rid of that stereo player when I was 8 or 9. I've got a lot of cassettes I used to record music from the radio when I was a kid too poor to buy the music. When I actually started buying music, CD's were quickly taking hold, so I don't have a lot of purchased music on cassettes.
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  Pleasuredome

  i prefer digital format for the sound quality and convenience. but LPs were great for their cover art, gatefolds, posters, coloured vinyl, picture discs etc. some artwork on CDs are nothing like as good as they can look on LPs.
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  drwtsn32

  but it has a definite warmth to it that the CD doesn't

  amac, EXACTLY! The "lack of warmth" is due to the relatively low resolution of the CD. I would be interested in hearing your opinion of DVD-Audio or SACD to see if they have the warmth you enjoy with vinyl.
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  DanTheMan

  I wish that they could produce something like an analog CD, where the laser would read an analog source instead of a digital one. Maybe that's impossible and I'm an idiot for saying that. But I do remember the warmth that records have that CD's don't quite seem to match.
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  RAYZORBLADE

  I like both. But of course, for different reasons.

  There is something to be said for vinyl's analog low end sound and yes: warmth.

  CDs: win hands down for portability.

  I have dj'd for years: you can carry 200-300 CDs easily. 200-300 LPs: you need a dolly to carry them around. I did. Damn heavy!

  I like both. I still use cassettes to record, even though I have a CD burner. Don't know, it's just a nice old way to record.

  Rayzorblade of the 33 and a 3rd class.
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  rem

  Dan,

  Isn't that what the old laserdisc format was? I think that was analog, even though it was optical.

  rem