I have just received my copy of the best of the Dylan mono recordings. Vinyl (in my system) has never sounded better than this ... the lack of clicks and pops is the only reason I don't think it is vinyl.
Nic P
Rob,
But that's the beauty of the P9 -- it works without any fretting and farting. Well, all that and it sounds great.
What did you replace it with?
Joe
Rob,
But that's the beauty of the P9 -- it works without any fretting and farting. Well, all that and it sounds great.
What did you replace it with?
Joe
He had a very old LP12* when I was there... when it comes to farting around, there is nothing finer!
*It had the hole in the plinth for the strut to hold the lid open!
That is a fabulous sounding box set but not quite as good as original mono vinyl (I own both).
Given the master tapes will have degraded over the years, this is inevitable. However, it is seriously good ... and no surface noise.
Nic P
Agreed: one way of describing the audio hobby, is enjoying the way kit can sound different if you swap it/tweak it etc. No tweak no hobbyI like it because I can fiddle with it, tweak it, alter the sound relatively easily, admire the engineering of a good TT and because it feels like playing with proper hi-fi.
The power exists to easily exert influence over the result.
So if it appeals to an audiophile geek like me, I'm sure the same goes for the many other geeks and nerds who buy audiophile hi-fi kit.
Despite the efforts of some to complicate things, digital is just boring boring meh from a tweaky audiophile perspective. Place digital equipment on shelf, plug in and it all usually works well.
It demystifies things and that simply isn't playing the game!
Nic, have you got the CD transfers and if so how does it compare to the vinyl reissue?
I love the look of the rotating cake stands, too. A spiffy deck to be sure.But I missed the fiddling and tweaking, plus I wanted to use an arm capable of easy cartridge swaps, plus I absolutely love the look of the Gyro, so I went back to using one.
No bass, eh. ;-)It sounds really flat earth - fast, lean and with that 'smack you around the chops' effect with toms and snares
There are so many variables when discussing LP especially when people throw in CD comparisons. Really well recorded vinyl (TT, arm, cart and phono stage all need to be decent quality) is very hard to beat in my experience. Dynamic contrast, sound stage, flow are all better than on the CD version of a recording.
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I like the sound of vinyl because it sounds better than CD.
Joe
Teddy,
But it's never that simple. The quality of mastering is a big factor, plus there's the innate superiority of vinyl.
Joe
I have some damn awful cd's mastered specifically for the ipod generation and car hifi .
But badly mastered records sound worse.
Its madness , the market indicates that the disconcerning audiophile listens to vinyl so the better mastering is used with this media ???
Phil,
I'm pretty much format agnostic. I just enjoy watching Teddy doing an impression of those frothy coffeemaker things you see at Starbucks.
Joe