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Just wondered, vinyl or CD?
Which do you find best, which do you listen too most
Which do you find best, which do you listen too most
Hi Ian,
What's vinyl?
I'm of the CD generation, well I remember tapes but all the music I have ever bought was on CD, and then came iTunes from which I buy a few tracks if I'm not keen on the rest of the album other wise I'll get the CD by choice.
All the best,
Chris
You seem to have made some assumptions here old git. I have no problem in people using whatever and in my experience, a cheap record deck and poor quality vinyl thats not been looked after is way inferior to even a modest CD system.Surely it depends on what playback system you use. Wallace and Grommit have a wonderful turntable inside their A35 van but I've never found a way of ensuring satisfactory performance when moving, yet.
Vinyl needs a considerable outlay to recover the information available. Linn Sondeck or something similarly pricey, one of those exquisite, hand carved Japanese moving coil cartridges and a Williamson amplifier, if you can get valves and transformers, or something equally exotic. Vinyl came in the usual, half speed and direct cut forms. YC has a direct cut of mine at the moment but has been told that if he scratches it, his pensionable years are zero.
Similar priced gear is available for CDs and worth it.
Not sure if someone has brought out some super MP3 playback system but if you are old enough, take yourself back to the small transistor radio/early pirate radio days and how you convinced yourself that amplitude modulated radio and those tiny speakers provided a cheerful and usable sound. Funny thing is if you put them in the next room or corridor, they sounded even better.
If you're happy with what you've got, no problems. If you want to help Gordon with his 'spend your way out of recession' policy, make your way to the most expensive high fidelity shop.
Me? I use all forms.
CDs, out of pure practicality- I've always loved the idea of vinyl, but scratches, dust, warps, the amount of space they take up etc tend to outweigh the romance.... MP3, not really assimilated the 'download culture' yet.....
Vinyl needs a considerable outlay to recover the information available. Linn Sondeck or something similarly pricey, one of those exquisite, hand carved Japanese moving coil cartridges and a Williamson amplifier, if you can get valves and transformers, or something equally exotic.
you've probably got my old vinyl colleciton if you frequented the late, much lamented brighton station bootsale!I got a nice turntable a few years ago and scouted the local car boot in Brighton regularly for old vinyl, which comes up lovely with a bit of a rub in soapy water. At car boot prices you can afford to take chances, and you can get a few good surprises!
You can't beat MP3 for convenience though.
you've probably got my old vinyl colleciton if you frequented the late, much lamented brighton station bootsale!
Lloyd,
Ian,
Half speed cut vinyl can be as good as CD quality