RE: Is new vinyl any good? / need input

Posted by cactuscowboy@bresnan.net (A) on November 15, 2021 at 18:06:34

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

Quote: "Various sources have said that the new stuff is often poor quality / noisy or in some way lower quality"

Keep in mind that a lot of today's self proclaimed 'experts' are relatively young and likely listened to CDs for most of their lives. So their expectations are for dead silent backgrounds and total absence of clicks or pops. So if they're looking for fault in new vinyl records they will find it given the inherent limitations of the medium.

I've bought thousands of new LPs, from the late 1960s through present day. On average, I might encounter 1-2% that have objectionable audible defects. New vinyl in 2021 is not worse than that pressed 40-50 years ago. In fact, it may be even better. Surely many of us recall buying crappy re-grind vinyl LPs pressed during the 1970s oil embargo.

All that said, it is possible to buy flawed and crappy sounding new LPs. Not something I worry about as it's very infrequent in my experience.

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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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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)

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