The latest build of HiFi has recently been completed hereabouts. With the concluding piece in place (a stunning set of speakers from Mr Richer Sounds), we are able to listen to the magic of vinyl once again.
I say ‘once again’ but this is the first time we’ve had proper old-school HiFi in this house; it’s been .mp3s, then FLACs, then Spotify. And now the wheel has turned full circle and the aged vinyl is rotating at 33-1/3 once more.
My album collection has followed me around the world two or three times. Over the decades of globetrotting it has pitched up in some very unfriendly places; hot, damp, dry, dusty environments, it’s amazing that it still sounds hiss-, crackle-, and scrunge-free.
I thought digital was supposed to be the mutt’s nuts? It isn’t. There is nothing that sounds as good as a well-mastered analogue recording on vinyl.
“There is nothing that sounds as good as a well-mastered analogue recording on vinyl.” Theory would dictate that, but in reality…?
Analogue will obviously have a higher dynamic range, but I don’t think my ears can tell the difference.
But I listen to a lot of classical and I can tell the difference there.
Classical tends to have a lot of quiet passages. On vinyl, during the quiet passages, you can hear every crack and pop and hiss, as the stylus is dragged along the groove. Even the expensive Deutsche Grammophon pressings would exhibit this and it always annoyed the hell out of me.
I love the tangibility of vinyl and I think it’s great that it’s making a comeback, but personally, I can’t see me dragging my 12-inchers out of the loft anytime soon.
There’s a warmth to vinyl that digital just can’t capture.
Oh… and well done for finding an excuse to post a picture of pretty girls on your website 🙂
All I did was google image search ‘separates’ honestly guv