Spectral analysis of Vinyl...

[The Great Cobb]

nah

Yeah, i see why people wouldnt like vinyl. But im just a sicko and im immune to things like surface noises and even the occasional skip or two.

When i was about 18 i got really into vinyl and i had this shoddy player and id go down to the thrift store and just dig through for Moody Blues records and Donovan records and even some of the Lawrence Welk hawaiian records and they were all beat to shit but i didnt care for some reason. Id put on my headphones and listen to it for hours. Thats around the time i left behind what my other 18-19 year old friends were listening to and music became more personal and less social for me.

So i have a positive association with vinyl, no matter how rough it sounds.

I felt like it was conjuring up the songs rather than just reiterating them.

 

[Tim Gillett]

To get the Boyk LP and CD and to the apples to apples listening test?

2 tests come to mind:

1) LP (pure analog) to CD (pure digital)

2) Tape master on CD to digital master on CD

Test 1 requires that you buy both the LP and CD. Test 2 only requires that you buy the CD.

Hey Tim G, PM me your address and I'll send you the CD and then you can listen to both analog and digital and tell us what you conclude.

Regards, Ethan

Hey Ethan,

I hesitated to reply, but a week later, here goes a short one.

The listening test I regard as of best value is a completely blind one where I havent a clue what format or signal chain I am listening to.

If you were to send me music samples I would not want to know which was which.
That way I could be sure there was no chance of self deception on my part.

Regards Tim

 

[rayc]

I still use my JVC 4VN550 & 880 4 channel amps. I don't have the source material anymore & the quad ttable went around about the time parts I needed couldn't be easily had anymore.
I use the 550 as a stereo amp & occassionally employ the synthetic 4 chn circuit when I'm listening to something appropriate. The 880 I use with my old 4 tracks for a bit of fun. I've been told the 880 is actually the better of the 2 but I like the extra grunt the 550 has.
My high school friend had a great quad set up in 74: bedroom walls painted black with the drawing from the cover of Zep IV chalked on them, speakers set up, sweet spot marked by a bean bag, quad disc of DSOTMoon on the quad ttable, album cover in hand - adolescent's bliss!
Funnily enough, I'm not interested in surround sound in the living room.

 

[adamvelvetu]

Yeah, i see why people wouldnt like vinyl. But im just a sicko and im immune to things like surface noises and even the occasional skip or two.

When i was about 18 i got really into vinyl and i had this shoddy player and id go down to the thrift store and just dig through for Moody Blues records and Donovan records and even some of the Lawrence Welk hawaiian records and they were all beat to shit but i didnt care for some reason. Id put on my headphones and listen to it for hours. Thats around the time i left behind what my other 18-19 year old friends were listening to and music became more personal and less social for me.

So i have a positive association with vinyl, no matter how rough it sounds.

I felt like it was conjuring up the songs rather than just reiterating them.

i come at it from the same direction...i love everything about vinyl. i'll gladly listen to my LP version of Exile on Main Street over the CD or iPod versions i have. that makes me think some of the perception about adjectives like "warmth" and "space" have a foot in both the psychological and scientific realms.

 

[ausrock]

Hmmmm..........Donovan Leitch..........I've still got a fair number of his early and/or popular albums on vinyl, saw him live around '74 and was totally disgusted, then only a few weeks ago saw a recent interview with him that reminded me why I liked his music.

Yeah, i see why people wouldnt like vinyl. But im just a sicko and im immune to things like surface noises and even the occasional skip or two.

When i was about 18 i got really into vinyl and i had this shoddy player and id go down to the thrift store and just dig through for Moody Blues records and Donovan records and even some of the Lawrence Welk hawaiian records and they were all beat to shit but i didnt care for some reason. Id put on my headphones and listen to it for hours. Thats around the time i left behind what my other 18-19 year old friends were listening to and music became more personal and less social for me.

So i have a positive association with vinyl, no matter how rough it sounds.

I felt like it was conjuring up the songs rather than just reiterating them.