I have rediscovered vinyl -- and it is AWESOME

Yesterday I was reorganizing my listening room when I decided to play some vinyl records. I have not played vinyl for many years. I first played Clouds by Joni Mitchell. I was awestruck by how great the music sounded! I was so impressed that I played four other Joni Mitchell records in a row. Vinyl is so different sounding compared to the way CD's sound. I was immediately struck by how 'easy on the ears' vinyl sounds compared to CD's. There was no listener fatigue. Plus, the sound stage was huge, much larger than a CD. It was as if I could hear the ambiance of the recording studio. Every instrument was clearly defined. I compared Blue on my gold CD to my vinyl version. The CD sounded very good, especially for a CD. But the vinyl version was just so much better. The sound was bigger. Not louder, but bigger. I guess that I will need to buy a record cleaner now.

 

That's just plain crazy talk....

 

Doesn't anybody screen these posts???
;-)

 

Nice to see vinyl getting love in Inverness. Used to hook my table to my guitar amp up on Dewey Road and let the records blast across the lawns.
Not much Joni at that point. Hope some young punk is carrying on that way today.

 

Congrats on your re-discovery, enjoy the ride!

 

You've been a forum member since 2002 and you've only rediscovered vinyl recently? Is that some sort of record (no pun intended)?

Enjoy the music!

 

Welcome home!

 

Well, DUH!





Enjoy.

 

Good for you! Now enjoy.....

 

Yeah and he's only scratching the surface! (no pun intended).

JG

 

Another HUGE Joni M. fan.....and yes, the vinyl route is the best way to experience her magnificent vocals.

 

Vinyl has .....life! Spinning a fun one as I type.

 

One of the better sounding rock albums ever!

 

The biggest factor in how much I've enjoyed my personal return to vinyl is my Spin Clean. It makes a huge difference to play clean records!

If your budget can handle it, one of the vacuum types would probably be better. But the Spin Clean is all I need and does and amazing job for the price.

 

With a terrible drawing - the artist cannot draw fingers (yeah, I know - who's looking at her hands?)

 

Isn't it a Vargas? He's one of the most famous pinup girl artists.

 

Most all of his work have "fingers" that don't quite look natural, overly thin/long fingers, methinks it was just his style, not a lack of talent. He got a lot of other body parts right.

 

Hands are very hard to draw.

 

yes it is, but he was getting on at the time he drew that.

"The album cover was painted by artist Alberto Vargas, who was known for his paintings of pin-up girls that appeared in Esquire and Playboy magazines in the 1940s and 1960s. The idea to hire Vargas came from drummer David Robinson, the band's artistic director and a collector of pin-ups. The 83-year-old Vargas had retired several years earlier but was persuaded to take the assignment by his niece, who was a fan of The Cars. The painting, depicting a woman sprawled across the hood of a car, was based on a photo shoot directed by Robinson at a Ferrari dealership. The model, coincidentally named Candy Moore (famous for having played Lucille Ball's onscreen daughter on The Lucy Show), briefly dated Robinson afterward."

WikiPedia.

 

Cd players / DACs have come a long way in the past few years. Put a few grand into it and you will hear digital in a new way.

 

You have a point. However, she has two.

 

I suspect that won't be true for the OP. According to his profile his LP playback setup is similar (same cartridge, slightly inferior IMHO table/arm/preamp) to what I have. I don't think it's even close to the sound of the Oppo 95 (which I have in my HT setup), but he apparently likes it better.

 

Really? In what way? Are not the algorithms the same? Are not the upper DAC's pretty much the same? Transports may have gotten better - in the upper level stuff....maybe.

 

They really have. It's not just the "algorithms" as you put it. There are many types of DAC technologies and even more implementations. A little research on the will leave you with a better understanding. Yes source units have gotten better as well. When you combine a solid source with a modern high quality DAC the results are excellent. They don't have to break the bank (I realize the is relative) either. I am very happy with my Line Magnetic LM515 as a CD player. Equally as happy with the Chord Hugo DAC. At the same time a decent player with a $~500 DAC is capable of good sound.

Of course I'll happily admit too that I don't see myself replacing my vinyl setup anytime soon.

 

Cool, I have multiple 1792 Burr Browns in my Denon 5910ci, have the DAC's really progressed much beyond that? At one time their top DAC, maybe still?