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Re: The real poop on Lp composition Vs surface noise or Black is Beautiful, baby!

Posted by Ray-o-Stat (R) on August 3, 2005 at 13:49:27

In Reply to: The real poop on Lp composition Vs surface noise or Black is Beautiful, baby! posted by KT88 on August 3, 2005 at 13:20:25:

There was an excellent article in Audio Magazine sometime in the late 70's or early 80's that discussed the sonic characteristics of colors of virgin vinyl. I wish I still had the magazine, but unfortunately, as soon as I left home and went to college, my audio library was discarded before my room was converted to a tv room, *sigh*. Thank goodness I had my TAS issues tucked away with my vinyl!

I still remember some main points.
The use of black is actually a compromise. It provides a balance of low surface noise and longevity.

Pure clear vinyl has the longest life but has high surface noise, white is allegedy close to the same, while RED was the opposite end of the spectrum, dead silent but brittle by comparison...

I wish I still had the magazine, perhaps someone else in the forum has it?????

Cheers,
Ray

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