Question Vinyl

[Rockcandy]

Are Coloured Vinyl any good for playing on the turntable? When buying second-hand vinyl LPs, I found a lot of dust on them. After LP cleaning, it sounds like a new LP.

 

[Al ears]

Are Coloured Vinyl any good for playing on the turntable? When buying second-hand vinyl LPs, I found a lot of dust on them. After LP cleaning, it sounds like a new LP.

They wouldn't produce them if they were not playable.....

 

[Integralista]

Hi, from my experience there is no sound difference between black and coloured vinyl. Even black is coloured. To wash or deeply clean old dusty vinyls is a must. They for sure sound better and make life for your cartridge/stylus easier. BR.

 

[Gray]

Are Coloured Vinyl any good for playing on the turntable?

Well this one sounds really good - just like any other well recorded, 12" single - regardless of colour.

 

[Entrigo]

I've read people saying coloured vinyl records don't sound as good as black but for the couple I have in both, can't really tell the difference.

 

[Integralista]

I've read people saying coloured vinyl records don't sound as good as black but for the couple I have in both, can't really tell the difference.

It can surprise you but even black vinyl is coloured. No influence at all.

 

[record_spot]

No issues at all. Plus they're easier to produce than black vinyl which apparently needs some additive to create the black pigment.

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

No issues at all. Plus they're easier to produce than black vinyl which apparently needs some additive to create the black pigment.

They all have a colour added to the plastic, as PVC is white, there will also be other additives so, the PVC has the right level of hardness and rigidity/flexibility.

 

[Rodolfo]

Interestingly, enough -though perhaps only to me, I do not know; because, my Technics SL-L3 will not play, work with anything but black. I am curious, but no more, as I only borrow new LPs from the public library and I have simply returned the non-blacks it gets.

It's been many years, so I do not recall if I've ever listened to non-black LPs at home.

I'm listening to a new black copy of Tapestry this week.

 

[Al ears]

Interestingly, enough -though perhaps only to me, I do not know; because, my Technics SL-L3 will not play, work with anything but black. I am curious, but no more, as I only borrow new LPs from the public library and I have simply returned the non-blacks it gets.

It's been many years, so I do not recall if I've ever even listened to non-black LPs at home.

I'm listening to a new black copy of Tapestry this week.

Could be an issue with many linear tracking turntables I guess.

 

[Rodolfo]

Could be an issue with many linear tracking turntables I guess.

Could be. I've AI'd it, but have mostly learned its limits or own flaws. 😉

 

[RoA]

Black vinyl sounds darker

 

[Al ears]

Black vinyl sounds darker

Not if you have a bright cartridge.....