Subj : Vinyl records
To   : Ogg
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Sep 09 2023 15:52:42

  Re: Vinyl records
  By: Ogg to Nigel Reed on Sat Sep 09 2023 09:01 am

 Og> A few other things I wasn't aware of and/or took for granted..

 Og> [1] A vinyl record cannot reproduce as broad a frequency range as a
 Og> digital recording. Too much high end, low end or volume can cause

 Og> [2] With less groove length per second of music (the closer the needle
 Og> gets to the center), the resolution gets diminished. Sonically, this is
 Og> equivalent to reducing the sampling rate of a digital recording from 96
 Og> kHz to 22.05 kHz - a huge difference in fidelity. That has ramifications

 Og> [3] Vinyl records have considerably less dynamic range than digital
 Og> recordings. If the mastering engineer tries to make the record too loud,

These are a few reasons why I'm not really interested in collecting vinyl records. I hadn't realized point 2 until not long ago, but it makes sense.  I think if a record was played faster as the needle moves toward the center, it would be able to still reproduce the same frequencies throughout the record, but that's not the case, as records have always had a constant RPM.  In that regard, I think the old wax cylinders that predated vinyl records might have the advantage.

Nightfox
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