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It may sound "better", but I find it lacks the warmth and depth that vinyl provides. Edit: /s. Sigh.
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12" singles were about extended play time, not about bass.
You would get 10-12 minutes of music on a side instead of 30 so the grooves are wider and thus higher fidelity.
May?? What do they mean May?? Why do you need an entire article for something that everyone already knows? Even if you especially like the sound of vinyl, you can just play one and record it on a CD. I watched a video of how they make vinyl. They take a ... wait for it .... CD! And play it into a machine that cuts the grooves.
Yet I think this article is interesting because it provides us with several explanations of why people perceive analog recording as better. Here are a few quoting from the article: - "few people who would tell you that recording classical music to analog tape has any benefit at all," Metcalfe says. But for some artists, he says — particularly in rock — those layers of distortion are preferable. - [...] recording to a…
Reflection and reconstitution? Those words have no meaning in this context.
And the thing about less skilled magically improving because of analog is just hocus.
I just find this hilarious. If you like the sound of vinyl; record it to a CDROM, play the CDROM, it sounds just like vinyl, pops, clicks, skips and all. Also, back in the glorious disco era, record companies would release 12" single disks, where the grooves were spaced wide enough that the bass beat could be laid down. What more proof does anyone need that 33 records are inferior?
12" singles were about extended play time, not about bass.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
You would get 10-12 minutes of music on a side instead of 30 so the grooves are wider and thus higher fidelity.
You get longer playtime than a 7" single. 12" singles were only ever marketed for extended remixes - longer play time than a 7" single but cheaper than a 33 1/3 RPM album. Do you have any ads for 12" singles that talk about better sound quality?
As a vinyl enthusiast, I find claims of vinyl's superior "sound qualitY" (whatever that means) to be laughable. A CD can clearly outreproduce a vinyl even the first time you play the vinyl record -- by the fifth time you're playing the vinyl record it's clearly inferior from a technical perspective. The thing that's fun about vinyl is that it feels more like a physical artifact -- each one sounds different, the album…
Why round wheels may be better than square ones.
Alright, so the reasons I've heard over the years that vinyl sounds better are: a) the high-frequency roll-off starts at 15 kHz; b) the needle vibrates which smooths out the sound and provides warmth; c) the needle melts the vinyl at the molecular level which also smooths out the sound and provides warmth; d) the needle picks up feedback from the room; e) not all vinyl is created equal, you get a lot more quality out…
But that's a bad thing. I learned to isolate the turntable from the speakers when playing disco. Also, had to walk softly else the needle would skip.