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oh duh

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ah sorry, this is meant to be THAT'S THE JOKE and not THATS THE JOKE

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BartVanHemelen said:

NoVideo said:

here's a good explanation as to why vinyl sounds better than CDs:

http://www.buzzle.com/art...an-cd.html

Somebody should explain the autor of that article the difference between than and then.

eye due knot got what you is trying too said?

chickenman said:

PEJ said:

just noticed TGE on vinyl German 99bucks and promo $125 wondering if I should buy one of them

I own them both. I love having the artwork on the German release, but the promo double Lp has some remixes on the end of it so that is nice to have. Personally, I would go with the German version, but that's just me.

I spent a little more and got the promo mainly because of the remixes

Poiple said:

NoVideo said:

here's a good explanation as to why vinyl sounds better than CDs:

http://www.buzzle.com/art...an-cd.html

Another factor is the visual aspect of it; having a large version of the artwork, a nice physical copy of the album - - there's something appealing about that (to me, at least)

Yeah, cool, I respect the information in the article. And I get it, especially with lossy audio files (like mp3), but I don't quite get it for lossless formats. Seems they are the formats closest to the actual recording.

I agree in theory with the article. The analog waves will have the subtle changes digital will gloss over. And I do love 12" of artwork rather than 5".

However, think about the source material. If Prince, or whatever artist you're listening to, recorded the music on digital equipment, the material was just 0s and 1s to begin with. Wouldn't those subtle changes be lost the second Prince sings into the microphone? And if the drums come from a drum machine and most of the sound comes from a keyboard, isn't all that sound electronic as well?

Regarding mp3s vs. CDs, even I can tell the difference. With so many people listening to compressed and squashed music files meant to be transferred fast, I don't think anyone's heralding the audiophile quality of their ipod and cheapie stock earbuds.

squirrelgrease said:

Where's DJDaffy? He loves him some vinyl.

I have all the vinyl through Lovesexy, including all the US 12" and many 45s. I haven't hooked up my turntable for years though. I prefer the convenience and lack of pops and clicks that CDs bring, even though Prince's 80s CDs sound really bad in comparison.

[img:$uid]http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac268/squirrelgrease2009/AnimatedGifs/Paisley45Loop.gif[/img:$uid]

Yes thats what I love, just watching the record go round and round, I have a lot of 80s vinyl and my newest vinyl is a 12 inch of Purple Medley from 1995. I need to get a new turntable and blast that stuf agin, the 80s vinyl still sounds great and the grooves more raw. My Vinyl Copy of Dirty Mind I truly cherish (It must have been played like 2000 times back in the 90s.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

BartVanHemelen said:

Somebody should explain the autor of that article the difference between than and then.

eye due knot got what you is trying too said?

Mistadobalina said:

PEJ said:

how do you spell author?

making a typo when nitpicking about typos? pretty embearissing, no?

Not knowing the difference between "then" and "than" isn't a typo. He does it repeatedly in the article.

^

nagging about someone's grammar while misspelling things yourself makes you look a fool

Chas said:

Poiple said:

Yeah, cool, I respect the information in the article. And I get it, especially with lossy audio files (like mp3), but I don't quite get it for lossless formats. Seems they are the formats closest to the actual recording.

I agree in theory with the article. The analog waves will have the subtle changes digital will gloss over. And I do love 12" of artwork rather than 5".

However, think about the source material. If Prince, or whatever artist you're listening to, recorded the music on digital equipment, the material was just 0s and 1s to begin with. Wouldn't those subtle changes be lost the second Prince sings into the microphone? And if the drums come from a drum machine and most of the sound comes from a keyboard, isn't all that sound electronic as well?

His 1980s records were all recorded on tape.

Not sure about what happened afterwards, I don't know when they started using ProTools etc.

But even in those cases where it's recorded to HD instead of tape I suspect the source material has higher sampling rates etc than what ends up on CD.

I'd LOVE to get remasters of the 1980s material on Blu-ray in pristine audio quality. Neil Young held out releasing his Archives set for a format that was just as good as vinyl, and he released the set on Blu-ray.

http://www.soundadviceblo...explained/

http://forum.ecoustics.co...64956.html

Dewrede said:

^

nagging about someone's grammar while misspelling things yourself makes you look a fool

There's a world of difference between a typo and grammar mistakes.

BartVanHemelen said:

His 1980s records were all recorded on tape.

Not sure about what happened afterwards, I don't know when they started using ProTools etc.

I seem to remember an interview with Levi Seacer Jr saying that Goldnigga was recorded to tape, as he felt digital was too cold sounding.

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BartVanHemelen said:

Dewrede said:

^

nagging about someone's grammar while misspelling things yourself makes you look a fool

There's a world of difference between a typo and grammar mistakes.

BartVanHemelen said:

NoVideo said:

here's a good explanation as to why vinyl sounds better than CDs:

http://www.buzzle.com/art...an-cd.html

Somebody should explain the autor of that article the difference between than and then.

actually shouldn't it be "Somebody should explain to the author of that article" ? so much for good grammar.

^

i was gonna point that out but it's a lost cause

Dewrede said:

^

i was gonna point that out but it's a lost cause

Dewrede said:

BartVanHemelen said:

Somebody should explain the autor of that article the difference between than and then.

oh the irony

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PEJ said:

BartVanHemelen said:

Somebody should explain the autor of that article the difference between than and then.

actually shouldn't it be "Somebody should explain to the author of that article" ? so much for good grammar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ry%27s_law

I miss the secret messages in the run-out groove of vinyl platters. I don't remember Prince having anything that great scribbled on his LPs, but my old punk records were a hoot.