The Paradox Of Why Vinyl Sounds Better.....

[lojyo610]

I've been streaming FM via my Denon Network Player. It's not CD quality, but it seems better than mp3. I do notice that some stations seem to overly compress the content, while others sound very good and uncompressed.

I know this is a vinyl forum, but I do make many LP purchasing decisions from my favorite University Public Radio Stations.

[Bob in STL]

I just returned to vinyl in February. I like the vintage equipment and some of the reason is the nostalgia from loving music as a teen ager, back when I had all sorts of rag tag lower end equipment.

I am slowly building a good system and carefully listening to each little tweak that I make. The journey is the fun of it. If I wanted the best I could just go out and buy it, but then what?

Since my return to vinyl I would have to say that I think the music sounds much warmer and natural to me. I do not have an expensive CD player or an outboard DAC. I do have some CDs that sound better than some records but most of the time the sound of vinyl is just more appealing to me.

CDs and ipods make me tired quickly, yet I can play ten record sides a night and love it.

I also like finding, fixing and tweaking older equipment.

Finaly, I like looking for good quality used records. Trying to judge the quality and then clean them up for play.

I like the whole process really.

Cheers, Bob

[Billnot]

Now I'm old, the writing on CDs is too small to read, LPs mean far too much getting up and walking, computers and files and stuff are far too complicated, and I can't play an instrument to make my own music. What to do?

Get all the discs you want for the session out in one go, and have your turntable within reach of your chair without the need to get up.

Works for me

[lojyo610]

I'm trying to fix an old Philips GA212. It won't lift at the end of the LP and shut off the motor. I'm tired of nodding off to my LP's only to wake to the stylus in the last groove while it's sitting on my newish manual turntable.

[Bob in STL]

I'm trying to fix an old Philips GA212. It won't lift at the end of the LP and shut off the motor. I'm tired of nodding off to my LP's only to wake to the stylus in the last groove while it's sitting on my newish manual turntable.

Simple solution is to have both a manaul and an auto-return deck for each stereo system in your house. I have five in my house since February and four of them are working.

cheers!