Critic's Corner

RE: The Sound of Silence

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In Reply to: RE: Reviewers with LP - how many are there ? posted by RGA on March 06, 2017 at 17:39:12

Here is the thing about records besides the cleaning, resonances, low frequency feedback, groove noise, tonearm adjustments, record warps, expensive cartridges, stylus replacement, phono stages, LP storage space, side changes every 1/2 hour...it goes on and on!

The thing is a record will never sound the same way twice due to wear. Every time you play a record there is wear to both the stylus and the record. The stylus itself wears out the record while it itself is wearing out. As the groove noise increases with time you can never get that original state back.

There is nothing to compare when I put a CD on the very first time in my life. I could not believe that total silence until the music started. I had ever experienced anything like it after all those records since I was 14 years old. I always wanted that and would never go back, especially now at 68. That silence remains. The CD never changes. 50 plays are always as good as the very first. Music without noise.

One reason I love music is it allows me to forget life's annoyances. I do not need some of those annoyances to be part of the music. That is why I hate records!

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