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Originally Posted by usuallee
To get good results you have to invest in a half decent turntable, cartridge, and preamp, and put in some work to get it right. But if you do that, the results can be truly magical. Forget about clicks and pops - they don't exist with a clean, good condition record in a proper setup. Also, the records themselves and their sleeves are fascinating historical artifacts and are beautiful to display.
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You need to spend a lot, the frequency response reduces with each play and you need practically an industrial clean room. I did work in the BBC, engineering, not presentation, acting or even mixing.
Even then it's inferior to the same content on 256 k MP3, never mind CD or Flac.
I've never ever in 50 years seen anyone display the LP covers. You see it briefly. You can see the same cover now on your Tablet, big TV, laptop or monitor while listening, or at any time. Even have a slide show on a photo frame or TV.
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Originally Posted by usuallee
These are some of the many valid reasons why vinyl has made a comeback. It's just plain wrong to dismissively chalk it up entirely to hipster-ism.
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It's not just hipsterism, but has been a niche ever since CDs came out.
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… But digital recordings are often brickwalled (no dynamic range i.e. "loudness war") which is impossible with vinyl, and the sound can be quite sterile and even harsh at times in certain recordings.
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No dynamic range can apply to Analogue FM too. Any decent dynamic range is impossible with vinyl. The 45s have often more dynamic range than LPs in the 1960s due to playing time 3.5 minutes instead of 8. They often will sound louder at the same settings, not due to faster velocity. An LP goes faster linear velocity on the 1st track than a 45. An LP with 20+ minutes per side is reduced in dynamic range to master it. Classical music, and much folk music is not over-compressed on CD, and Rock etc is using the same over compressed badly mixed final master digital recording to feed LP, CD and digital sales.
You are not comparing identical program material.
Cassettes only make sense for Audiobooks. They are good enough quality for that and unlike a CD (or an MP3 moved to different device) "remember" the last position. With phones for the last 10 years being as good as dedicated players, there is no need for the cassette walkman or mix tape.
Though a 3.5mm jack to amp or headphones is superior to most Bluetooth connections and €12 wired buds can be better than €40 to €120 Wireless buds. Also don't need charged.
I have two "good enough" turntables-cartridges. If somehow I end up with something on Vinyl it gets played once into Audacity.
I recently got a cache of LPs I'd bought in the 1970s that my mum had hidden since 1974! I'd since replaced some with CD. The others will get played once on a Dual 505 via a Rotel amp into either a Zoom Handy Recorder H4N (standalone) or an external Creative Labs USB box to Audacity on a PC.