Comments on: What’s So Great About Vinyl, Anyway?

By: InnerLeafProductions-dMk

InnerLeafProductions-dMk — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:40:00 +0000

i bought a good turntable for 120, get almost all dollar records(often worth a lot more than a dollar), can find music on vinyl that you cant get on cd or itunes, and actually enjoy playing records and hearing the pops

furthermore. . .an original copy of a record is just awesome, its like a peice of history

By: James

James — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:39:00 +0000

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Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:02:33 +0000

[...] Mojo @ Popdose wants to know what’s so great about vinyl? [...]

By: eric

eric — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:15:02 +0000

Judging by the sound quality of McCartney's recent album, I wouldn't trust any statements he made about ProTools. I think John Vanderslice's article Pro Tools Mix Plus 24: Work of The Devil? (http://tinytelephone.com/html/tapeop.html) gives a balanced view from someone who works with tape and vinyl every day in his recording studio.

Michael Fremer is more biased -- definitely biased in favor of analog and vinyl -- but I have to say I have some sympathy for what he said about ProTools in his review of the latest Kathleen Edwards album:

"If this isn’t a ProTools recording I’ll eat a reel of Ampex 456 (that’s a cop-out because no one in their right mind would allow one to be destroyed). It has all of the dark, congealed, airless ProTools sonic fingerprints. ProTools sucks. It is an abomination. It is the musical equivalent of the burnt beans Starbucks passes off as gourmet coffee. It is the music business’s poison pill. It repels people who don’t even know they are being repelled. It is why people hardly listen to music anymore. They hear it but they don’t really listen. ProTools is literally unlistenable."

By: eric

eric — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:15:02 +0000

Judging by the sound quality of McCartney's recent album, I wouldn't trust any statements he made about ProTools. I think John Vanderslice's article Pro Tools Mix Plus 24: Work of The Devil? (http://tinytelephone.com/html/tapeop.html) gives a balanced view from someone who works with tape and vinyl every day in his recording studio.

Michael Fremer is more biased -- definitely biased in favor of analog and vinyl -- but I have to say I have some sympathy for what he said about ProTools in his review of the latest Kathleen Edwards album:

"If this isnâ€™t a ProTools recording Iâ€™ll eat a reel of Ampex 456 (thatâ€™s a cop-out because no one in their right mind would allow one to be destroyed). It has all of the dark, congealed, airless ProTools sonic fingerprints. ProTools sucks. It is an abomination. It is the musical equivalent of the burnt beans Starbucks passes off as gourmet coffee. It is the music businessâ€™s poison pill. It repels people who donâ€™t even know they are being repelled. It is why people hardly listen to music anymore. They hear it but they donâ€™t really listen. ProTools is literally unlistenable."

By: eric

eric — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:15:02 +0000

Judging by the sound quality of McCartney's recent album, I wouldn't trust any statements he made about ProTools. I think John Vanderslice's article Pro Tools Mix Plus 24: Work of The Devil? (http://tinytelephone.com/html/tapeop.html) gives a balanced view from someone who works with tape and vinyl every day in his recording studio.

Michael Fremer is more biased -- definitely biased in favor of analog and vinyl -- but I have to say I have some sympathy for what he said about ProTools in his review of the latest Kathleen Edwards album:

"If this isnâ€™t a ProTools recording Iâ€™ll eat a reel of Ampex 456 (thatâ€™s a cop-out because no one in their right mind would allow one to be destroyed). It has all of the dark, congealed, airless ProTools sonic fingerprints. ProTools sucks. It is an abomination. It is the musical equivalent of the burnt beans Starbucks passes off as gourmet coffee. It is the music businessâ€™s poison pill. It repels people who donâ€™t even know they are being repelled. It is why people hardly listen to music anymore. They hear it but they donâ€™t really listen. ProTools is literally unlistenable."

By: An Old Fashioned Walk (Part II) « The Hits Just Keep On Comin’

An Old Fashioned Walk (Part II) « The Hits Just Keep On Comin’ — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:02:16 +0000

[...] Recommended Reading: Vinyl really is making a comeback, but don’t expect to find my Popdose colleague Mojo Flucke getting all excited about it. The title of his post today: “What’s So Great About Vinyl, Anyway?” [...]

By: rockrdude

rockrdude — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:42:58 +0000

Some CDs sound better than vinyl. Some vinyl sounds better than CD. A lot depends on the mix, the quality of the vinyl, the audio system the music is being played through, yada yada.

I prefer both, but I admittedly have a fondness for vinyl. I admit the degradation of quality is a concern, but I'd still take vinyl over a poorly mastered CD anyday.

And heck.. I'd actually enjoy owning “Dream After Dream” on vinyl again. I'd even play it and smile.

(But.. I also might compare it with the Japanese remastered CD to see which sounds better.)

By: Thom / Atlanta

Thom / Atlanta — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:29:03 +0000

I buy the new releases on vinyl and play them on an entry-level Project 1.2.
I also have a Bellari phono preamp (w/ headphone jack) so that I can play
the records thru any tape/cd/dvd/aux jack on my cheap Onkyo reciever.

If you can't hear that a lot of new releases these days are mastered
one way for the vinyl and a different way for the cd, then you truly
do need more than pricey equipment. If they hadn't started squashing dynamic range out of existence on new release cds I might not have resorted to the change. But they did, and I had to dodge the problem
or listen to nothing new.

(owner of 5500 lps and 400 cds)

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:02:20 +0000

Hear hear! I heartily agree, and I think I'd file myself right alongside you in terms of “audiophileness.” Vinyl is not worth the effort and worry for me. I appreciate the masterings that made them so great, many of which wound up on early CDs, but I don't want to deal with the ritual.

As for that Mudcrutch album, you'd better give the audiophile CD that comes with the vinyl a listen. It blows away the standard CD. Like I mentioned above – same mastering as the vinyl. It is lovely sounding.