quoted 27 lines On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 04:10:42PM +0200, Konstantin Minko uttered:>On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 04:10:42PM +0200, Konstantin Minko uttered:
>
> > In a simple language...Vinyls are an analogue source of music
> which makes it
> > more closer to the original sound than digital ones like CDs
> (no conversion
> > of analogue sound stream into digital "ones and zeros" - hence
> no loss of
> > sound information). Vinyls have more natural, deep and atmospheric sound
> > than CDs though have much worse noise/signal ratio and have
> clicks and bops
> > in the surface... Digitalisation of sound did not manage to level with
> > natural sound of vinyl yet. That's why many audiophiles prefer
> vinyls over
> > cds....
>
> Bollocks! Sure vinyl doesn't get converted to digital but you pay for
> that in distortion. Well-mastered, fresh, unscratched vinyl is a joy
> to listen to on high-end sound gear. Unless your sound system cost in
> the order of tens of thousands, you won't pick the difference.
>
> Besides, you can't shove a bunch of vinyl in your bag and listen to it
> at work, can you :P
>
> Pleased to say I've never owned a record player in my life. (Unless
> you count the gramophone I bought in a market for $2 when I was a kid.)
>
Hmm. Why then I was able to hear the difference even on the cheap 200$
record player with ordinary Yamaha 300$ amplifier and more than ordinary
Sony speakers 300$ at my friends house all the time? I must be kind of
special.. ;)
btw. I'm planning to by myself one. Could anyone give me some good advice on
what to seek in 500-1000$ range?
Alien
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