I hear it on every deck I've ever listened too since being exposed to CD.
By track 3 I'm hearing nails down a blackboard.
I hear it on every deck I've ever listened too since being exposed to CD.
By track 3 I'm hearing nails down a blackboard.
Ditto, but I only own a Rega P3/Goldring 1042 so I figured a more expensive setup might sort it out.
The above is crap. I have a high end system with a top CDP and also a great TT. My TT definitely sounds better than the CDP and this is down to the inherent "goodness" of the vinyl format. The best CD recordings do NOT match the best vinyl recordings and pro rata all the way down to bad recordings. All this rubbish about inner groove distortion can only be to make the digital only people feel good. If you can hear enough inner groove distortion to spoil the listening experience, you need a better TT!I always find it funny when you get the old "Vinyl is better than CD" discussion you get 3 pages of "oh yes vinyl is just inherently superior in all regards, CD sounds just awful!"
Then someone lobs a brick in the pond and mentions "what about tracking distortion??"
And then its all "cough cough, errrr oh look over there..is that Ted Rogers in a dress?" from the vinyl fans.
For me tracking distortion is just too big a hurdle to get over. The 'halo of screech' I call it.
The above is crap. I have a high end system with a top CDP and also a great TT. My TT definitely sounds better than the CDP and this is down to the inherent "goodness" of the vinyl format. The best CD recordings do NOT match the best vinyl recordings and pro rata all the way down to bad recordings. All this rubbish about inner groove distortion can only be to make the digital only people feel good. If you can hear enough inner groove distortion to spoil the listening experience, you need a better TT!
There are far more distracting digital artifacts inherrent in the CD format than there are shortcomings in the analogue vinyl domain.
The rational vinyl listener. Never corner one, they bite!
SWEETS! For a treat my Mom gave me road grit to chew!You just know he was one of those kids that would go into a massive screaming fit when his mum refused to buy him sweets at the supermarket checkout.
I always find it funny when you get the old "Vinyl is better than CD" discussion you get 3 pages of "oh yes vinyl is just inherently superior in all regards, CD sounds just awful!"
Then someone lobs a brick in the pond and mentions "what about tracking distortion??"
And then its all "cough cough, errrr oh look over there..is that Ted Rogers in a dress?" from the vinyl fans.
For me tracking distortion is just too big a hurdle to get over. The 'halo of screech' I call it.
Hi Ynwoan,
The guy insists he hears it on all t/Ts - his own SME 309, Regas - the lot. I assume Stylus tip profile helps to lessen it but it still exists. Which profiles are theoretically better/worse. Would a conical tipped 103 be a no-no?