You should have known I couldn't let this pass...
On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Sire wrote:
quoted 7 lines i think people who don't have turntables don't really need to hear the> i think people who don't have turntables don't really need to hear the
> music, it is not designed for them. music changes completely when it's
> pressed on a cd. it loses the warm, original sound of vinyl recordings and
> becomes a consumer product. for me, the 'personality' of vinyl 12"'s
> is an important part of the music and the product. cd's are for people
> who don't really care about music, they're for people who buy their music
> from department stores..
You've got it backwards - music changes completely when pressed to vinyl.
On CD it sounds a lot more like the master tape (in many cases identical).
On vinyl it has less bass, less high-end, less stereo depth, added surface
noise, added low frequency rumble, and added pops. Vinyl is for people
who can't hear well and would rather sit in their room looking at record
sleeves than take their music with them where ever they go.
If you want to hear what your vinyl REALLY sounds like, plug your
turntable into the AUX input instead of the PHONO input.
It's a lot easier to make a CD sound like vinyl than make vinyl sound
like a CD.
Che
(does anyone know where my hands are?)