In Reply to: For vinyl lovers it's the unmistakable vinyl *sound* that is the draw....more so than the cost posted by Robert C. Lang on June 25, 2012 at 10:57:06:
although vinyl, as you're always quick to claim, can have a common or *coloured* type sound quality despite hardware ... the difference between the very best performing, well designed and highly refined & setup vinyl systems (notice i didn't simply claim cost as a measure of vinyl performance) is quite dramatic.
The difference is not just simply another tonal departure or some indirect relationship to vinyl's so called inherited "sound" quality ... but rather a departure from those traditional aspects ... and despite vinyl's inherited characteristics, the very best vinyl includes a far more natural organic type quality, more open, dynamic & transparent in nature ... very best vinyl systems contain a "master-tape" type quality that I've NEVER encountered with common-grade everyday vinyl or digital systems.
(* I much prefer the term "compromised" to "coloured" when it comes to describing vinyl systems, simply because I've heard my fair share of tonal discrepancies with digital hardware also)
tb1
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- mildy disagree ... - TBone 13:15:09 06/28/12 (2)
- RE: mildy disagree ... - Robert C. Lang 00:00:47 06/29/12 (1)
- what's considered the "very best"? - TBone 07:20:48 06/30/12 (0)