Vinyl Rips You've Done That Are Better Than The Actual CD

I'm very happy with the rip I did of Dear One by Larry Finnegan from 1962 (along with its b-side, Candy Lips). Every CD I've heard of the track sounds like a bad vinyl rip anyway, so a good vinyl rip from a clean record is bound to sound better!

 

Ha! For a roughly 64 minute album, surprised there was actually some bass
I find the old US somewhat harsh, maybe the lower levels used to cram this much music on one lp helped, who knows...

 

It would have been nice if the person who recorded that could have gone through the minimal trouble of trying to re-center the record. I've found that most 7-inch singles have enough "play", between the spindle hole and the adapter, to sufficiently re-center. The pitch fluctutation in that video is way too much to listen to for me because of the poor centering job.

 

Being so late in the game, one thinks they may have not given a rat's a$$, picked up it at a thrift a few years ago, probably came from a jukebox

 

Wasn't that album butchered by the studio?

 

Black Sabbath, 13. The CD sounds terrible to my ears. My LP rip sounds wonderful.

On the opposite end of the spectrum is my Sundazed copy of Love's Forever Changes. The LP sounds good but the needle drop never sounds right, the Rhino CD is much better.

 

A recent vinyl rip I did was "Animal Logic II". Found this in a record store a few months back and bought it even though my orginal CD sounds excellent. But when I recorded the LP and did a compare, I was shocked that the LP actually edged out the CD - I honestly did not expect that, but again my turntable recording setup is tailored to my ears so that will always give it an edge.

 

No. It was butchered in the mastering for cd. The vinyl is one of the best sounding rock records you will ever hear. (my opinion of course)
I'm saying this in spite of the fact that I disapprove of her band support altogether. My suspicion is that it was not her doing and was most likely
dubbed in after the fact. Maybe she went along happily, maybe not. But I suspect it was not her idea and with good reason. The tracks would in my
opinion would work much much better if left as her singing over her strumming and the rest of it was eliminated. But in any event in it's own grungy,
lo-fi way I find the recording quite lovely. If you have only heard the cd I can understand your opinion or the opinion of whomever you've talked to.
I picked up the cd and then as an afterthought picked up the vinyl too. It was weeks before I took out the vinyl and listened to it. Once I did I THREW
THE CD AWAY!

 

Who's her?

 

Oh my, I got confused with another post on the thread. Sorry. All that talk in the last post where I talk about "her"? I'm not talking about
Strictly Personal at all, I'm talking about Exile in Guyville. Maybe not even an earlier post but a different thread altogether..... brain freeze!!!!
sorry. Anyway............. Strictly Personal, Exile in Guyville, both absolutely tremendous albums that sound **** on cd release.
In the case of Exile, the vinyl sounds absolutely fab to me, but...
In the case of Strictly Personal, the original U.S. vinyl sounds much better than subsequent
releases, but even that sounds awful .
I presume the
recording just sucks. both albums I absolutely love.

 

Yeah, re-reading your post, I thought it might be Exile in Guyville. I only have the CD remaster of that album; it may not have been released on vinyl in the UK. It's probably overdue a reissue. These indie releases often sound better on LP than CD. The CD mastering may be low budget, or lacking in care, or both.

Strictly Personal is kinda ruined due to the production, but I'm more a Trout Mask Replica kind of guy.

 

Made In Europe (except for the occasional unfortunate crackle)

It actually sounds DRIER and cleaner than the cd.

Weasels Ripped My Flesh (24/96 Mint WEA Pressing)

Sadly i lost this transfer a few years ago, but it sounded fantastic. None of the versions i've heard since can compare. No additional processing needed. Vibrant, open and dynamic from the start.
I wish i hadn't deleted it. That was really stupid, especially since the record has somehow developed a skip at the very start of Side 1 since.

 

Porcupine Tree's In Absentia Tonefloat Vinyl reissue greatly eclipses the horribly mastered CD.

 

Dr Ebbetts

 

Wow, i've never heard about that. How can a CD rip sound different from the source?

 

I have a fairly accurate sound signature of my turntable setup, in Audacity (a lot of trial and error to get it, that was the hard part). I take my CD rip and scripted a combination of clipfix / re-EQ to that sound signature and it makes a noticable difference in how my rips sound.

I still buy the vinyl of course, if my budget permits. But this CD tweaking option keeps costs down and allows me to better enjoy modern releases while keeping the ear bleeding masterings under control somewhat.

 

That makes sense.

 

Judas Priest - Stained Class (early '80s barcode reissue), Iron Maiden - Powerslave (original LP) and any of the new Rush re-release series IMO my needledrops are better than the CDs. Have found plenty of disappointing cases where the LP is worse than the CD like Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, and a terrible German pressing of Pink Floyd's Animals.

 

Good news since I'm getting ready to needledrop my copy of Stained Class It's probably the same as yours--I would have bought it in the early/mid 80s. And thanks for the tip on Rising Force. I've almost plucked that out of the bins several times. Glad I passed

 

Another one:
Doobie Bros - Farewell Tour

Was really disappointed with the 2008 re-issue.

 

Well, considering there IS no CD...

 

Lots of them. If the LP sounds significanty better than the CD than the rip will sound better as well. At least that's my experience.

 

I remember how excited I was to finally get on his list. Then a week later he announced he was quitting.

 

I made my first needledrop this week: I digitised my Audio Fidelity The Sensual World record and the result sounds better than the rip from the CD.

I did struggle a bit with my audio interface (part of a Novation X-Station synth) and my Apple Logic DAW, but after some tests and reconfiguration it worked fine. I was amazed at the amount of hum and rumble I recorded, and tried to remove that a bit, which didn't improve the music itself. Eventually I just left it as it was, being part of the "vinyl experience". The tonality of the record is so much better than that of the CD, it is sad that AF wasn't allowed to release an (SA)CD of this remaster.