RE: Is new vinyl any good? / need input

Posted by Audioquest4life (A) on November 13, 2021 at 17:38:38

In Reply to: Is new vinyl any good? / need input posted by catbert242000@yahoo.com on November 13, 2021 at 12:55:13:

It is a crap shoot. Generally speaking, most half speed mastered 45 rpm records produced today are pretty darn good, but pricey. As Ghost stated, if you can find original pressings and non scratched copies, those originals may sound good, but in other ways. Some originals sound so organic, refreshing while others sound flat and lifeless due to too much EQ causing the bass to be barely nonexistent. I have 10k plus records, and discovered over the years, that yes, it's a crap shoot. I would recommend looking for records you want from multiple places and compare prices. Warning, once you get hooked on buying records, it never stops. Once you start getting into records, you will experience yourself through discovery learning of this journey you are about to take that as your collection grows, that a pressing made at one studio in Europe verses the same record being pressed in the US, Germany, or France can sound vastly different.

BLUF: new vinyl can sound good, but most often, you will pay higher prices for sometimes better sound. Some older 60s-80s records can sound good too but not all. I find good older records have great natural ambiance and reverberation. Good luck on your journey.

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Topic - Is new vinyl any good? / need input - catbert242000@yahoo.com 12:55:13 11/13/21 (18)

RE: Is new vinyl any good? / need input - Dasyatis 17:38:38 11/19/21 (0)

RE: Is new vinyl any good? / need input - Goober58 21:48:00 11/16/21 (0)

RE: Is new vinyl any good? / need input - Munkie_NL 06:58:28 11/16/21 (1)

+1 As the song says: "Take those old records off the shelf ...." )MT( - J. S. Bach 08:44:30 11/17/21 (0)

RE: Is new vinyl any good? / need input - cactuscowboy@bresnan.net 18:06:34 11/15/21 (1)

RE: Is new vinyl any good? / need input - John-from Seattle 07:02:03 11/16/21 (0)

Accounting for inflation, they cost the same - richardl 14:25:26 11/15/21 (0)

RE: Is new vinyl any good? / need input - Audioquest4life 17:38:38 11/13/21 (0)

It's good but I'd recommend looking for clean used original copies first. - ghost of olddude55 13:23:10 11/13/21 (7)

RE: It's good but I'd recommend looking for clean used original copies first. - Story 13:41:03 11/13/21 (6)

Great idea! I thought those headlamps were only for repairing rooftops at night. - alaskahiatt 19:31:28 11/13/21 (3)

I love the old OJC releases. - ghost of olddude55 05:08:33 11/15/21 (0)

there's nothing like a midnight roof repair - Story 01:58:44 11/14/21 (1)

Thanks. It was a leaky roof at 10:00pm, and I had to do something. - alaskahiatt 13:00:10 11/16/21 (0)

Great idea! - ghost of olddude55 13:57:57 11/13/21 (1)

RE: Great idea! - Story 14:00:05 11/13/21 (0)

yes, but they can be costly - Story 13:06:23 11/13/21 (1)

Same here - jedrider 20:00:24 11/13/21 (0)

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