Re: the rebirth of vinyl
Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Thu, 21 May 1998 13:37:44 -0700
HR Guest wrote:
>
>Vinyl is cool, but I can't understand the argument. C.D's sound so good. I
>guess it is personal preference
>>
>~Mike Thacker~
>408-977-1807
>~Final Mix Studios~
>408-374-8665
>>
> saw a really interesting article in the New York Times recently in the
>> circuits section
>>
>> it talked about a guy who has like 3,000 records who went back to vinyl and
>> buys at flea markets and stuff
>>
>> it also quoted some engineers who believe vinyl is closer to the live thing
>> than cd
>>
>> you know the analog .vs. digital argument
>>
>> i can send an image attachment of the article to anyone who is interested
>> next week
>>
>
For the true audiophiles its all _heavy_ vinyl, 200 g or more. Check out
Stereophile, Hi Fi, or other Hi-Fi magazines, where they talk about your
$13,000 turntable, arm and cartrige seperate! But, the new DAD (DVD Audio
Disk) boasts 96MHz sampling at 24 bits, is said to sound like studio tape.
erik g