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05-29-2012, 05:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Downingtown, PA | | | Oh, I was just thinking.. for everyone who has records and is into the Beatles.. if you play their stuff backwards, does it really sound like what everyone says? Or is just..a hoax? Like Revolution 9..
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05-30-2012, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by afzoomie67 Oh, I was just thinking.. for everyone who has records and is into the Beatles.. if you play their stuff backwards, does it really sound like what everyone says? Or is just..a hoax? Like Revolution 9.. | Well... Yes it does. I've spun Revolution 9 backwards a few times decades ago.
It is just as strange backwards as it is forwards.
Listen closely. You'll hear stuff like "turn me on, dead man".
Some people say it's a reach, but I know it's in there.. |
05-30-2012, 04:19 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Vinyl is popular in Los Angeles. I can't say if it's sonic-ly better but it's fun & cool to collect, & usually bigger artwork. My ex wife's White Album had the portraits in it still. That was agood find. Colored vinyl was fun.
Typically audiophiles & vinyl-heads have crazy tube amps & studio grade monitors or speakers so it's going to sound better more robust than a little diminished mp3 file in your phone. |
05-30-2012, 04:30 PM
|  | Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | | | I used to run an electronics warehouse for years, I have worked with a bunch of audiophiles... never say CD is better...
Most people won't notice the difference, but think of it this way, vinyl is an analogue sound, CD is a digital one, the human ear hears in analogue, that is why records posses a certain warmth CDs just cannot.
I am no purist by any means, but if I was presented the record, same length and cost no matter of CD or vinyl, I would pick vinyl ten times out of ten. You are also talking to a guy who watches most of his movies off of vinyl though, that might bias me...
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05-30-2012, 04:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Atlanta, Georgia | | | I only buy vinyl or digital downloads (the only exception being used CDs that are really cheap). Its more of a collecting thing than because it is sounds better...I think listening to a record seems like an experience. You sit down and listen to a record, reading lyrics and examining the art. The ipod is for listen 2-10,000---unpacking a new album on vinyl is just better than unzipping a folder from a download.
Now, sonic-ly there is a huge difference in download quality. I won't touch Itunes downloads with a 10 foot pole. If somebody releases something as an "Itunes exclusive" it gets pirated---I'm not paying for low quality music with DRM as an added bonus. ugh. (And I'll gladly mail the artist a dollar a song if they really want me to.) |
05-30-2012, 04:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Downingtown, PA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tangentmusic Well... Yes it does. I've spun Revolution 9 backwards a few times decades ago.
It is just as strange backwards as it is forwards.
Listen closely. You'll hear stuff like "turn me on, dead man".
Some people say it's a reach, but I know it's in there.. | That's what I was wondering about. Haha, thanks!
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05-30-2012, 10:00 PM
| | | | There's a Tear Garden song called "Turn Me On Dead Man", after that whole thing. They used to do a lot of weird studio tricks, like sampling lyrics into the digital drums and so forth. |
05-30-2012, 10:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: 18° 15° N, 66° 30° W | | Well, if you have some spare change, you might want to get one of these and solve your dilemma . . . http://www.elpj.com/
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05-30-2012, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Revolver Well, if you have some spare change, you might one to get one of these and solve your dilemma . . . http://www.elpj.com/ | Very nice! Expensive, but nice. |
05-31-2012, 07:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Downingtown, PA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Revolver Well, if you have some spare change, you might want to get one of these and solve your dilemma . . . http://www.elpj.com/ | That's pointless in my situation..
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06-01-2012, 08:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Redford, MI | | | I still have my Rega Planar 2 turntable that I bought in 1979. I have a Grado cartridge mounted on it. When I got it, I had a stereo integrated amp with two turntable inputs, so I was able to compare this turntable to the other one that I already had, a Phillips GA 312. Both turntables had that same model of cartridge, but I did not trade the cartridges between the two turntables. I could not beleive the difference in sound, but especially in the sound stage. On the Rega, my records projected sound way beyond the outside of the speakers. Therefore, if you want to get into vinyl, get the best turntable you can even if you skimp elsewhere. A better amp or receiver and speakers will NOT replace what the turntable does not pick up from your record. Get it at a good audio dealer who can set it up for you.
I prefer thecomvienience of CDs, but I have noticed that the sound on most of them is shifted to the right channel. This bugged me for years until it dawned on me that mostof us play our cds in the car. If the CD is mixed so that the sound is centered in the "sweet spot", it will not sound right in the car, where one is more likely to listen to it.
I find that I prefer to listen to CDs in mono. Since the metro Detroit area got a radio station that plays classical and jazz, I prefer the radio to anything. My biggest challenge is how to justify paying for the Sirius radio in the car when the free subscription runs out.
Happy listening whatever you choose to do.
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