"Audiophile Vinyl"

[iMark]

I received an email today from "Music on Vinyl" about their releases for Record Store Day.

They have now started marketing the releases as "180 gram audiophile vinyl". Here's an example of the blurb for a Philip Glass box set.


The record companies certainly have found a way to sell digital recordings as an "audiophile" product as an LP with limited Signal to Noise ratio compared to the humble CD.

I have absolutely nothing against listening to LPs. But I'm old enough to remember the switch from LP to CD and we all knew why the CDs sounded better than the LPs: no noise. How good the LP and your equipment, there will always be noise when listening to an LP.

 

[Al ears]

They haven't just found a way it's been around for ages, and yes people still buy them..... 🙂

 

[daytona600]

99% of all records since the Mid 80s are digital
source digital file , mastered in digital , digital delay on cutting head ( DDA )
Only true audiophile labels are AAA 100% Analogue
source analogue tape , mastered in analogue , analogue delay on cutting head ( AAA )
Guess which one sounds better

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAj22g8MWkw&t=92s

 

[Al ears]

99% of all records since the Mid 80s are digital
source digital file , mastered in digital , digital delay on cutting head
Only true audiophile labels are AAA 100% Analogue
Guess which one sounds better

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAj22g8MWkw&t=92s

The one played with a half decent cartridge??

 

[TrevC]

I received an email today from "Music on Vinyl" about their releases for Record Store Day.

They have now started marketing the releases as "180 gram audiophile vinyl". Here's an example of the blurb for a Philip Glass box set.
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The record companies certainly have found a way to sell digital recordings as an "audiophile" product as an LP with limited Signal to Noise ratio compared to the humble CD.

I have absolutely nothing against listening to LPs. But I'm old enough to remember the switch from LP to CD and we all knew why the CDs sounded better than the LPs: no noise. How good the LP and your equipment, there will always be noise when listening to an LP.

It makes no sense to ruin the sound quality of digital audio by feeding it into a mechanical device to cut a disc and then try to retrieve the audio from that disc with aniother mechanical device. It can only sound worse than the digital source direct, yet some people swear it sounds better.

 

[MeanandGreen]

It makes no sense to ruin the sound quality of digital audio by feeding it into a mechanical device to cut a disc and then try to retrieve the audio from that disc with aniother mechanical device. It can only sound worse than the digital source direct, yet some people swear it sounds better.

Yep it’s mind boggling what some audiophlies believe.