Your thoughts about Vinyl Records

I listened to Hunky Dory today on my dad's turntable, and while I liked the popping noises (I think they gave it an authenticity) the scratches, skipping, and other issues made listening to it almost a headache. Granted, the turntable and the album about about 40 years old. Later, I bought a new record (Tegan & Sara's Sainthood) and it has no problems and sounded great. So what are your thoughts on listening to vinyl opposed to a different way?

Like records? Not a fan. It's not the 60's anymore. I know some like the sound better but I'll stick with the convenience of MP3s.

I'm listening to Boston's Third Stage on Vinyl right now, I love Vinyl and it is my favorite medium for music, sure it has it's problems but the sound is unbeatable. If you take care of your records and clean them and your needle before every play, they will last a long time with minimal surface noise and shouldn't skip. I also love a bit of surface noise, some songs like Stairway to Heaven just sounds lacking without it.

MP3 is clearly better, screw authentic popping sounds.

Like records? Not a fan. It's not the 60's anymore. I know some like the sound better but I'll stick with the convenience of MP3s.

Pirate700

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Like records? Not a fan. It's not the 60's anymore. I know some like the sound better but I'll stick with the convenience of MP3s.

GHlegend77

I convert my records so I have both the record and the mp3 file of it. :)

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Like records? Not a fan. It's not the 60's anymore. I know some like the sound better but I'll stick with the convenience of MP3s.

I convert my records so I have both the record and the mp3 file of it. :)

I don't understand how popping is considered authentic. It's a sound blemish. Why would you want it?

I love them because they're huge as well

Big stuff = cool 8)

In terms of sound quality they're the best, but they degrade over time and get scratched very easily. I have a record player and own way more vinyl records than I do CDs or anything else, but I'll admit MP3s are definitely more convenient.

I have tons of vinyl records, I think they are better than CDs.

vinyl may have the best sound
but it's a hassle finding a record player and finding vinyl themselves
cause only select albums are made in vinyl nowadays

I don't understand how popping is considered authentic. It's a sound blemish. Why would you want it?

Pirate700

The best expaination I can think of is that it creates the illusion of live music. True CDs give you a much cleaner sound, but that's not what it sounds like when the musicians are actually playing right in front you.

vinyl may have the best sound
but it's a hassle finding a record player and finding vinyl themselves
cause only select albums are made in vinyl nowadays

GC4ever

Finding Vinyl records is hard, I'll admit that (I just use the internet). But actual record players aren't hard at all, I bought mine at Target.

The only vinyls I have I got for free from Gallery of Sound when I bought the actual CD. Sadly I don't have any way to play them..

I prefer vinyl records, particularly for music that was originally recorded on analog equipment. There is some popping if you have a record that has not been maintained well, but if you have a good stereo system, turntable and a quality needle, records sound better than digital files. They are warmer and sound more accurate, or true to the original recording. Digitally produced music is making leaps and bounds, however, as the sampling rates have been greatly improved...but it's not as good as analog recording. To put it simply, digital sound reproduction is a series of 1s (on) and 0s (off). On and off signals cannot yet accurately reproduce the intricacies of analog sound waves. A violin, drum kit or piano does not emit 1s and 0s. They emit complex sound (sine) waves along with a multitude of harmonic overtones. I'd rather listen to an *edit* analog recording over a ditigal recording anytime. I could go on at great length on this subject.

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I don't understand how popping is considered authentic. It's a sound blemish. Why would you want it?

TyrantDragon55

The best expaination I can think of is that it creates the illusion of live music. True CDs give you a much cleaner sound, but that's not what it sounds like when the musicians are actually playing right in front you.

vinyl may have the best sound
but it's a hassle finding a record player and finding vinyl themselves
cause only select albums are made in vinyl nowadays

GC4ever

Finding Vinyl records is hard, I'll admit that (I just use the internet). But actual record players aren't hard at all, I bought mine at Target.

Stuff like The Beatles, Led Zeplin, and Hendrix definitely sound better on a good vinyl record.

I don't understand how popping is considered authentic. It's a sound blemish. Why would you want it?

Pirate700

I much prefer vinyl to cds. I counted my collection the other day, I have 99 records with me at the moment (some are at my parents house).

I enjoy spending time listening to records and converting them to mp3 so I can have the tracks on my phone/mp3 player. This probably sounds weird but I find it hard to listen to a whole album on cd, a vinyl record just holds my attention more.

I like them. The sound is better on vinyl and it feels like a piece of art because the artwork is so much larger. This was the last vinyl I bought a couple months ago, Pete Rock & CL Smooth's All Souled Out EP...

I still buy more CD's than vinyl though, and I like the digipak packaging that a lot of CD's have nowadays because it is closer to a vinyl sleeve.

Only thing vinyl is good for is smashing which is awesome.