Who's excited for the HAMILTON vinyl?? — Page 2

ghostlight2 said: ""There is is a reason for this which is sound quality. I don't get why you would listen to Hamilton on vinyl when it will be so much clearer on your iPhone."



It will be easier and more portable, Dave13, but it will in no way be clearer. See Carlos' link. Vinyl is vastly superior in sound quality than cd or digital."

Warmer sound does not equal higher quality sound. It just refers to a more pronounced focus in the midrange frequencies, with a rolled off high end. The vinyl vs digital trend comes from a romanticism for that particular set of frequencies being emphasised. Digital files or CD files have a much broader frequency range than a vinyl can achieve, so in most cases you are hearing a truer representation to the source sound if you're listening to digital or CD (unless of course it is a recording that has been transferred from a vinyl source in the first place, though this isn't very common nowadays.)

However, I do understand the contemporary appeal of vinyl - collecting them, the physical action of putting one on, the 'vintage' aesthetic, and so forth.

I'm actually more excited to see what y'all are going to come up to the next thread regarding this show. Perhaps we should create a chat board section dedicated to it?

Here's the question though: will the vinyl's sound source be true analog, or are they just going to do a vinyl pressing of the CD tracks, in which case you're just getting a vinyl version of digitally compressed files? Because if the latter is the case, the sound quality will suck and no way will it be worth $70.

BROADWAYCONCIERGE - the only way to find out is asking them directly or tweeting Lin about it. maybe he will respond. sarahb22 is referring to the format of the tracks... are these the high quality, master .WAV files or just the same decompressed digital crap available on iTunes. it is a good question to ask

Thanks for your informative post Lousy.

Unless I missed it, what nobody seems to mention is that each and every time you play an LP the needle is eating away at the vinyl no matter how expensive your stylus is and even if it correctly calibrated. There is also an inferior sound coming from the inner most grooves due to the physics involved. Before the introduction of the CD format, if I owned a favorite LP I would also purchase a duplicate copy due once again to the vinyl deterioration. Even with careful handling, the vinyl had to be cleaned with either a special brush and/or a record cleaning solution. And let's not forget the possibility of the LP being warped or small bumps on the vinyl which was inherent from a poor pressing. Then there were electromagnetic guns one could purchase to remove the static electricity that would build up on the vinyl. When I got my first well paying job I put it towards a Gerard turntable with a Pickering cartridge/stylus, a Marantz amplifier and a pair of AR2 speakers. After time the expensive stylus would have to be replaced due to wear.

So bless those who jump on the vinyl bandwagon but I for one will remain faithful to the trouble free CD format and the newly introduced Hi Rez downloads which have sound surpassing that of SACD's. No, I am not an audiophile snob but rather someone who enjoys sound reproduced in the most convenient, long lasting, and best sounding format.

Updated On: 3/21/16 at 03:17 PM

Why on Earth would they master the vinyl from the iTunes version of the album??

I'm afraid that I go back far enough to remember when stereo amplifiers made the switch from analog vacuum tube to digital transistor. Yes, there were those back them that held out for the superiority of the tube amps.

Between my first and second years of college I built from a kit possibly the last tube amplifier ever assembled. (I was amazed that it actually worked.) Although I don't remember any great arguments about which maker of vinyl records was the best, I thought that Columbia (CBS) and Elektra produced the crispest sound.

Musical Nirvana was sitting in a dark room inhaling the sickly sweet odor of the glowing vacuum tubes, placing the stylus onto the first cut of the record and listening to the crystal clear intro of "Like a Rolling Stone." And possibly lighting up.

Listening to that intro just now on iTunes, it would not at all surprise me if it were noticeably inferior to the sound impressed on that vinyl.

Updated On: 3/21/16 at 07:22 PM

I suppose there's only one way to find out, but if I were to buy a used copy of (for example) Seesaw on amazon - after 40 plus years, what would the sound quality be like? It depends on how much the previous owner played it?

I'm relatively new to this game, I've never actually bought a genuine vintage record before, but for four bucks I guess it's worth a chance.

Thanks.

sarahb22 said: "OlBlueEyes, dig this. My fully restored 1957 Zenith Prelude console. Glowing tubes, aby!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5b5HcRSJzc

Thanks. That's awesome. I think that the real purists frowned on record changers. Playing cuts from albums at a college radio station, you had to hold the spinning disc while the turntable continued to spin under it, place the stylus on the area between cuts, and let the record go. At least I think I remember that we did it that way.



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Amazon prices often come down closer to publication date, but isn't this like 6 LPS, though?

It's 4 LPs plus a 12" x 12" book of lyrics and pictures and a code for a digital download. Which is great but $70 is still a lot of money.