Describe differences in LP playback vs CD playback

[Jac Hawk]

What an absolutely pointless thread

[Marco]

LP sound like proper engaging music

CD ( Compromised Discs ) sound thin and lifeless

Then you have a shit CD player, daftee, sorry (and same applies to anyone else who thinks the same)!

Marco.

[Marco]

I cannot say that one sounds better than the other, they both sound quite different to each other.

Quite different to each other, in what way, Shaun?

You know I'm a vinyl nut, *but* my T/T and CD player sound very similar, in terms of their respective sonic presentations - and experience tells me that's exactly how it should be when you've optimised the playback, using good equipment, of both LPs and CDs

I'm sorry, and whilst I know which I ultimately prefer (vinyl), I don't buy the oft mentioned notion of CD and vinyl sounding markedly different. If they do, then for me it's down to the playback equipment used not properly optimising and/or colouring their respective music formats.

The other thing too (and I don't think this applies to you) is that if your experience of listening to vinyl has been restricted solely to the playback of less than pristine secondhand records, then quite frankly, you've yet to hear what vinyl can do on a good T/T!

Marco.

[walpurgis]

Then you have a shit CD player, daftee, sorry (and same applies to anyone else who thinks the same)!

Marco.

Yup!

Very happy with my CD sound and the sound from records.

[Marco]

I appreciate this won't probably be popular but rather than spending money on a deck, cables, phono stage, I'd rather add that to other upgrades, be in the modern world, and listen to digital hugely available content.

Lol... I take it then you haven't seen not only how many turntables exist now in the modern world, but how many records are being produced and sold now in the same modern world, with LPs currently being sold in places like supermarkets, and in greater quantities than ever, to both young and old, since they did in their heyday?

With respect, Simon, I suggest that you open your eyes and witness the reality of the modern world around you, rather than your somewhat shortsighted/prejudiced view of it. Digital is not automatically 'modern' just for the sake of it, you know!

Marco.

[Marco]

Not all music is available on streaming. Classical is very poorly catered for, which is unfortunate as vinyl isn't always kind to classical.

In what way, Clive?

Some of the finest sounding records I own feature classical music, either original Deccas/Mercury Living Presence, etc, from the 1950s, or modern audiophile reissues of such.

Perhaps you mean in terms of surface noise, during quiet passages? That shouldn't be an issue with clean records in good condition, together with a well-set up cartridge, arm and T/T

Marco.

[Joe]

Lol... I take it then you haven't seen not only how many turntables exist now in the modern world, but how many records are being produced and sold now in the same modern world, with LPs being sold in places like supermarkets, and in greater quantities than ever, to both young and old, since they did in their heyday?
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They've still got a lot of catching-up to do.

Sales of LPs in the UK in 1969: 49.2 million

Sales of LPs in the UK in 2016: 3.2 million (compared to 47.3 million CDs)

[Marco]

Yes, Joe, I know. However, unless you've been living on the moon recently, you can't fail to have noticed the huge resurgence in the popularity of vinyl records and T/Ts - it's all around us these days, even on some TV adverts!

I was at a show in Manchester last weekend that was totally devoted to vinyl replay, and indeed any hi-fi show you go to these days, turntables are better represented than ever.

Therefore, I'm afraid the irony is that it's only the out-of-touch fuddy-duddies who consider that T/Ts and LPs aren't a part (and a continually growing one) of the modern world. The likelihood is that CDs will become defunct long before vinyl, as streaming becomes the choice for most...

Marco.

[Hammer]

Read any of the hi-fi mag reviews of shows from around the world and there is a massoive amount of vinyl replay kit

[Hammer]

sorry i mispoilt massive