Damnation on vinyl
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diospada
Katatonic Opethean
Xtokalon: It's not the sound, it's the whole packaging! The double vinyl version of Still Life is oh so beautiful..
also, don't you want to listen to your albums in 40 years.
also, don't you want to listen to your albums in 40 years.
actually many people say that vinyl and tape are -alot- better then CD. When music goes digital you lose abit of the tops and bottom...many can't tell the difference.
Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral
we are children of god
It just sound so much more warm, cd's are a perfect replicatio when digitally mastered. Old vinyl just sounds more organic.
I'm guessing that Damnation was recorded digitally which means it's optimized for cd. If it was recorded in analog, it would probably sound better in vinyl.
As always, Vinyls ARE better then CD's for overall audio clarity, but only for a limited amoun of 'spins'..... after that, the quality begins to steadily degrade (Hey, your scraping a metalic needle along a polymer surface, what were you expecting?)
So yeah, LP's are the go, but it's always a good idea to get 2 copies, one to 'scratch shitless' and the other to cherish forever
(And or sell for a hefty sum at a later date, if it's in mint condition!) 
So yeah, LP's are the go, but it's always a good idea to get 2 copies, one to 'scratch shitless' and the other to cherish forever
(And or sell for a hefty sum at a later date, if it's in mint condition!) 
ricochet
ghetto philosopher
Exactly.
...but we can't all afford 2 copies of each album so I just treat my vinyls carefully and try not to overplay them. Just having an album on vinyl is so much more appealing than CDs also.Originally posted by Spike
So yeah, LP's are the go, but it's always a good idea to get 2 copies, one to 'scratch shitless' and the other to cherish forever
I can't wait to get Damnation on vinyl, especially given the sound it will already possess. I hope Deliverance is also released on vinyl some time soon. I still need to get the BWP and SL vinyls, too.
frayededges
Quiet, like a slit wrist
I don't even know of any good places to BUY vinyl around here. OR where I could get a good turntable. All this talk has me wanting to start a SMALL collection... but I don't even know where to start. Sigh....
http://audioadvisor.com/store/productdetail.asp?sku=MHMMF2&product_name=MMF-2.1 Belt Drive Turntable
i know it might seem a bit pricey this i sone of the best tables around for the price......there is another model available that is less but it has a fixed tonearm which means you can't use different carts but it's all about price as the would sound the same on most stereos unless you have some crazy high end shit....
i know it might seem a bit pricey this i sone of the best tables around for the price......there is another model available that is less but it has a fixed tonearm which means you can't use different carts but it's all about price as the would sound the same on most stereos unless you have some crazy high end shit....
Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral
we are children of god
Board
A role model to mankind:
I recommend you get a Thorens turntable. They can be expensive, but are great shit! I have the TD-126 MKIII Centennial. It's from '86, but still sounds great! Find one used! The Linn Sondek LP12 is also very good!
I don't really recommend cheap turntables as the sound is crap and you get tired of them quickly! I had a dj turntable (Gemini) and I had that for 9 months or something and then bought my Thorens (that's 2-3 years ago now I think). I could easily tell the difference the first time I connected the Thorens! With the cartridge and a MC Step-up this had costed arounded $2750 (in '86), but I only payed around $145 for it used! I don't really recommend their smallest models though. Better get a larger one used then. Their small models doesn't have floating subchassis either, which is a big minus! For cartridges MC is the best, but are also a lot more expensive than the MM's. You also need a MC step-up as the output is very low!
For vinyl, I recommend starting with Lee Hazlewood, as he's my biggest idol! John Barry is also very, very good! Comes in as my biggest idol right after Lee. But anyway, in the 60's & 70's there was so much good music to choose from!
I don't really recommend cheap turntables as the sound is crap and you get tired of them quickly! I had a dj turntable (Gemini) and I had that for 9 months or something and then bought my Thorens (that's 2-3 years ago now I think). I could easily tell the difference the first time I connected the Thorens! With the cartridge and a MC Step-up this had costed arounded $2750 (in '86), but I only payed around $145 for it used! I don't really recommend their smallest models though. Better get a larger one used then. Their small models doesn't have floating subchassis either, which is a big minus! For cartridges MC is the best, but are also a lot more expensive than the MM's. You also need a MC step-up as the output is very low!
For vinyl, I recommend starting with Lee Hazlewood, as he's my biggest idol! John Barry is also very, very good! Comes in as my biggest idol right after Lee. But anyway, in the 60's & 70's there was so much good music to choose from!
willj56
Member
Analogue is better if you have a decent quality player. I'm no expert on physics, but i've touched on it roughly at uni this year in Technology/Communications.
With analogue, the signal quality can vary between "extremely good" and "pretty poor", whereas with digital you just get a constant "average" (don't you just love my technical terms?). This means that if you have a decent vinyl player, which is able to keep the signal quality at "extremely good" at all times, it will be an overall better quality sound than the "average" quality signal produced by digital format (CDs).
That's a really rough version of how it works, but hopefully you can get the gist of what i'm saying!
With analogue, the signal quality can vary between "extremely good" and "pretty poor", whereas with digital you just get a constant "average" (don't you just love my technical terms?). This means that if you have a decent vinyl player, which is able to keep the signal quality at "extremely good" at all times, it will be an overall better quality sound than the "average" quality signal produced by digital format (CDs).
That's a really rough version of how it works, but hopefully you can get the gist of what i'm saying!
COnsiderateApathy
took the Left Hand Path
Hell, we're still waiting for the release of Damnation on CD!!!duncil said:
Slow down. Heh.
NP: DTB - 'Away'
transfixed
an eternal gaze
Tape is definatly not better quality than CD, however CD vs Vinyl is certainly arguable. Yet, if this DVD-Audio stuff ever gets more popular, then it will surely be hard to argue for vinyl on the basis of sound quality alone as 24-bit audio at 96kHz or 192kHz should reproduce essentially perfect waveforms... at least to human ears.
