Bitzie first impressions

Nuance_Ember wrote: Humboldt wrote: Task1 wrote: Just wish my records were indestructible and wear free. Sandy If wear is a concern, why just not buy CD's then? This is why I prefer to buy CDs.

Bloody heretics!

Humboldt wrote: Task1 wrote: Now here's me thinking this was a nice place! Most of my collection is CD's , but, as has been suggested elsewhere on this forum vinyl makes a more engaging listen, especially when it's new! What is the most engaging or the best sounding format is of course very subjective. However. Yesterday I bought David Bowies new record "The Next Day" as a budle with both The Vinyl and the CD. I am listening to the CD rigth now, and it strucks me how much better the sound is compared to the Vinyl.

Interesting. The vinyl isn't released here until 1st April apparently. I have bundle on preorder. I'll let you know what I think when I have received it and listened.

ICL1P wrote: Humboldt wrote: Task1 wrote: Now here's me thinking this was a nice place! Most of my collection is CD's , but, as has been suggested elsewhere on this forum vinyl makes a more engaging listen, especially when it's new! What is the most engaging or the best sounding format is of course very subjective. However. Yesterday I bought David Bowies new record "The Next Day" as a budle with both The Vinyl and the CD. I am listening to the CD rigth now, and it strucks me how much better the sound is compared to the Vinyl. Interesting. The vinyl isn't released here until 1st April apparently. I have bundle on preorder. I'll let you know what I think when I have received it and listened.

I bought my vinyl in a record shop. At the internet however, the same vinyl can't be bought until April 1. I wonder if this is something the record company do to secure some of the sales for the record stores.

Humboldt wrote: What is the most engaging or the best sounding format is of course very subjective. However. Yesterday I bought David Bowies new record "The Next Day" as a budle with both The Vinyl and the CD. I am listening to the CD rigth now, and it strucks me how much better the sound is compared to the Vinyl.

So in this circumstance, you feel a CD to offer superior performance to a vinyl record. With many other recordings, you will prefer the vinyl to the CD, I'm sure.

This occassional lack of consistency is a reflection that the most important attribute of an audio track is the quality of the mixing and mastering it has for the medium that it is implemented on, not just the type of medium alone. I sometimes wonder whether the reason some audio enthusiasts hate CD is simply because they have never listened to one with exceptional mastering. I think that CD is a very good medium, despite the limitations that it does have.

The thing with vinyl is that it always has the POTENTIAL to surpass CD, because the closest thing possible to natural sound is analogue reproduction. So vinyl is able to be higher fidelity than the CD but it might not be, depending on how well the playback medium is made and how well the work is mastered.


Edited by Nuance_Ember - 24 Mar 2013 at 10:53pm