Subj : Vinyl vs CD
To   : August Abolins
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Mon Feb 07 2022 02:00 pm

>> The thing that always bothered me about vinyl was the
>> Pop... Pop... Pop. No matter how hard I tried all my vinyl
>> ended up with that Pop... Pop... Pop, at least the well
>> used vinyl.

> "all" your vinyl?

I still have a turntable but it hasn't been used in years.

It was only a problem it quite parts of the music. Sometimes you get snap, crackle, Pop! I remember this from old times. I actually heard that snap crackle pop sound on a CD (I forget which one) that someone must have taken a sound byte from vinyl.

> I had the occassional persistent pop on a fresh album, but upon
> closer expection most of the time there was some kind of
> obstruction that was easily removed with a sharp pin.

I think I am intolerant to that sound. Others didn't seem to mind or hear it. In the vinyl days I was very careful with records when I was handling them. They went back into their sleeve that also had a platic cover I think to prevent static.

As hard as I tried though, I couldn't get rid of that sound. I bought more than one copy of several albums, and I always put my music on tape to save ware on the vinyl. I was a bit of an audiophile in those days.

>> That sound drives me up the wall. I am so much happier
>> with a CD.

> Most of the time I like to queue up at least 2 or 3 recordings
> on my 5-disc CD player.  Plus, I like to use the randomize
> feature a lot to give me a surprise each and every time.

> Convenience has overtaken nostalgia.

By and large my collection today is on the HD. I have many CDs but were they are now I am not sure. It's so much easier to find/play music or movies through the computer.

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