Subj : Vinyl vs CD
To   : Ogg
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Feb 25 2022 14:21:49

  Re: Vinyl vs CD
  By: Ogg to Nightfox on Fri Feb 25 2022 09:20 am

 N>> about people who have gotten rid of their CDs and DVDs and
 N>> streaming more, but apparently there is more demand for
 N>> vinyl records?  I don't really get it.

 Og> The world is full of wonders. Maybe its partially a new 
 Og> generation that wants the experience. Meanwhile, the quality 
 Og> of vinyl has improved (it's heavier). I remember some releases 
 Og> out in pewter many years ago. Mannheim Steamroller recordings 
 Og> was one of them.

There are still other downsides to vinyl records (which I'm not a fan of): Hiss and other noise is one of them.  Also, one thing I've heard is that since vinyl records basically have just one groove spiraling from the outside toward the center of the record, that means as the needle gets toward the center, there is less and less groove passing under the needle for every turn, so higher frequencies aren't represented well toward the center of a record (because the record constantly spins at the same rate).  Other formats such as CD and cassette don't have that issue.

 N>> [...] but I also heard that a laser turntable also tends to
 N>> be more affected by dust & other particles than a
 N>> traditional turnable would be. A laser turntable will
 N>> recreate the sound of all the grooves it reads, and dust
 N>> and other particles will come across as noise, so the
 N>> record really needs to be clean to work with a laser
 N>> turntable.

 Og> You'd think that they could implement a filter to remove the 
 Og> obvious spikes. And.. while they are at it, "store" a 
 Og> recording of the play - or provide a convenient audio-out to 
 Og> acomplish that with aux equipment. Not sure what the 
 Og> engineering thought-process was for any of that.

Yeah, I don't know if they have a filter or not.  But I think I've heard they have a digital output so you could easily make a digital recording of a vinyl record with a laser turntable.

Nightfox
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