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Bottom line is if it didn't say it was half speed mastered, I wouldn't be able to tell. That said, they do seem to be very nice quality. This is through a Project table/marantz phono stage and some Wharfdale speakers that I have tuned into.
Some of my best sounding records are the really thin ones from the 1980s when they were pressing a f*** ton
@TheMarlin I agree, I have some superb first/early press records from the 70s and 80s and they really knew what they were doing
Acoustic sounds are worth a go to maybe.
I was was actually expecting lots of replies saying how stunning the new half speed masters are. It’s great to learn that they’re not that special, not least since I’ve got lots of vinyl from the 70s
on an aligned note, does anyone here have experience of the Beatles Mono set in vinyl ?
the box sets are now over £1k second hand !
I have the Mono CD set (a genuine box, not a fake ). Anyone here have experience of both ?
the funny thing, is that I remember hearing their albums as a child, as they were released.
Played through a Grundig valve radiogram , > a single 8” elliptical speaker : they always sounded stunning !!
Vinyl is very trendy right now. I remember in the 90s when a vinyl copy was sometimes 8 quid next to a 14 quid cd!
On the other hand, i hate jewel cases SO MUCH...
I used to try various recommended cleaning solutions back in the day,
but they always seemed to make it worse.
I don’t live too far from Stella street, so I suppose I could always nip down and see if Mick & Keith have anything in the corner shop
A good streamer will always out-perform a CD transport (assuming the same DAC).
I don't currently have a hifi system set up (I've just moved house and mostly listen on the Genelec monitors hooked up to my computer (via a decent sound interface), but when I did, I used a Slim Devices Transporter which sounds awesome. I must get it hooked up again some time...
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the latter clearly sound better, and often have bonus tracks, but annoying to buy the album for the third time !
I agree.
I wanted to figure out for myself the vinyl vs digital thing.
I have a lot of old vinyl, a great turntable, preamp, high end digital converters and monitoring and a decent amount of bass trapping.
Doing extensive A/B comparisons between vinyl and digital- it isn't particularly close.
Vinyl sounds great but digital sounds clearer, has more bottom end and much, much better dynamic range.
Sure with rock music you might only be using 6db dynamic range most of the time but other genres; jazz and classical especially, you really notice it.
I like vinyl just fine but I question the hearing of anyone who thinks it sounds better than a good digital set up.
Perhaps people are listening to digital through less than ideal systems?
Sure, low quality mp3 can't really compete but FLAC or Apple Lossless and especially PCM audio (24bit 48/96khz) are just better.
I enjoy the ritual of playing vinyl- it reminds me of my youth and it does have an aesthetic beauty to it.
I also like vinyl as a performance medium (ie DJ style).
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