I do not understand why vinyl needs to come back? If it really was a fantastic way of re-producing sound, it would of never of died out in the first place? I know that fashion and fads usually take over what was good in previous times and 99% of the time the previous times were better (for example digital tv is crap compared to analogue, but, here in the UK we have no choice.) But that just hasn't happened with Vinyl. Vinyl is a terrible media in which to listen to music on. Digital is better!
@yogibear2k10 - Vinyl never really went away completely. Tape on reels, in cartridges and later in cassettes all tried to replace records and almost did for a while. Then came CD's that played for 80 minutes - twice as long as the two sides of an LP. MP3s are the preferred medium of the day on IPODS and other players. I think it's more about making money than improving sound quality. For example, some groups have had their music issued on every medium for the last 45 years. CaCHING !!!
Will they ever mass-produce vinyl record albums again? Even if they did triple albums of whoever, they could give 3 for the price of 2. I mean, I'd rather listen to 3 hours of whoever on 3 LPs than listen to 1 hour of whoever on a CD!! I hope you don't think I'm some sort of nostalgic freak!
Not necessarly, all the music recorded before 1980 was analogue, so you can and should use that master recording to record the LP. After 80,s when the CD appears some studios recorded the masters in digital format.
I have over a 180 Moody Blues songs in digital format.
But I also still have my Rega Planar 3 belt drive, glass platter turntable and some Moody Blues albums on vinyl format.
Sure, I'm a fan of their music, but listening to the subtle texture, the Melatron, the flute, the vocal harmonies, etc., from a vinyl album, takes the experience to a higher dimension of audiophonic pleasure.
Fortunately the Rega Planar turntable series is still made by the British manufacturer.
What's different about vinyl? Well, there's added distortion, surface noise, phase anomolies, and as many RIAA curves as there are phono preamps. Sure, vinyl can sound very good at times, but I'll still take a good 24/96 digital recording any day over vinyl. And there's the added benefit that you can play digital off a thumb drive, which is pretty impervious to vibration. I could never play vinyl loud because of feedback. CDs would skip. Thumb drives, no problems.
Personally I am thrilled to see that vinyl is making a comeback. CD's can't hold a candle to the sound quality of a vinyl record played on a good, high quality stereo with high quality speakers. CD's just cant reproduce the tonal quality of vinyl.
To say nothing of the nostalgia factor for those of us who grew up listening to vinyl.
Besides if, you are into the older groups like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits, and Fleetwood Mac. Their old albums were all recorded in and for analog.
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My hubby and I have about 2500 albums, and about 50 different ways to play one. Varying from stereophile high end turntables, to all kinds of portable players form the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
The more sterile sound that one gets form a cd or the downloads for an iPod, just don't include what makes a lot of music so sonderful - - the peripheral sounds, the genuine richness that only vinyl can bring....It's A Wonderful New Day!!! People are waking up! Yeah!!!
I love collecting records! Sad thing is when you have a 40 Year Old Record player and it goes out on you ahhhhh its shameful know one makes parts for them anymore! it had the best sound ever huge speakers it was a credenza nice wood finish to it I about fell apart when I found out know one fixes them!
I have a tone of old records i got from my Great Grandmother, does anyone know how much records could be today???? I have a bunch of 33's from like the 1930s and 40s atleast!
@pianomanmaestro - If you have records from the 1930s and 40s, they would have to be 78RPMs because modern, commercial 33 1/3 LP records were not invented until 1948.
HOWEVER, there were some EXTREMELY RARE 33 RPM records made by RCA in 1931but the likelihood of coming across one of those is very low.
78s are very fragile so if you're selling them, shipping could be a problem.
Even if record companies are releasing new recordings on Vinyl, think of this.. Nowadays everything is recorded digitally and mastered digitally, so, unless bands are recording there music and mastering it in Analog format (which is highly unlikely), there is pretty much no point putting it on Vinyl. Anyone remember seeing AAD, ADD, and DDD on their CD's ? recording something DDA is pretty much pointless. Once it's been recorded in Digital format, the fullness and depth of the recording is gone.
@bctvguy I'd really like to know about tape, I use a metal SR and the fidelity is incredible. It's hard to dispatch the convenience of digital recording in lieu of nostalgia, although I cannot understand mp3. This afternoon I listened to the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir perform Rachmaninov's All Night Vigil on FLAC, routed through a wireless broadcast to my RX-D702B. Not to be appreciated in a lossy format. It's so long, I couldn't imagine flipping that much vinyl.
if you hook the output on a record player up to a pc and play it next to an mp3 and zoom into the sound waves on audacity there is a major difference.
@bctvguy i'm in so cal.. chino hills. it was a small section with some "new" releases
and some older decade or late 90's re-issue and no turntables. i forgot the prices, uhm around 20 bucks. here we have several good used stores and amoeba in hollywood. if its out in vinyl, they will have it.
@bctvguy i've seen this too. they have pretty much everything, although in a somewhat smaller selection then you would think (or hope for). i saw they had stuff like the beatles and bob marley to 90's stuff like beastie boys and smashing pumpkins to this new stuff like vampire weekend and the newer, and in my opinion crap, pop punk and hardcore. all the old stuff was re-issues, obviously and the prices were pretty high. from 15-35. and a few triple digit box sets.
To me, vinyl records are like gourmet restaurants, while CDs and mp3s are like fast food restaurants. Fast food is faster and more convenient, but if you can afford to eat at a gourmet restaurant then why not? In the same way, I like CDs and mp3s for convenience and portability if I'm driving or doing something out of the house. But if you're just sitting at home, why wouldn't you listen to your music on vinyl since it has better sound quality and bigger artwork?
Old is new again and there is just no stopping the return of vinyl. For me, the size, the feel & sound of a vinyl record has always mesmerized me.... ever since I was a kid in the 60's. Teenagers are coming around to it...they just have to be patient with the cleaning and handling of vinyl in order to appreciate the sound.
At 2:26 the guys says vinyl is a closed format. I can see the next revolution coming, the return of the analog Tape Recorder! People used to tape records and make "mixes" even back in the 1960's!
Digital is very good in so many ways. It really killed off the old analog technology and did it too soon.
Ironically, record companies caused that when they went to CD. They pushed getting rid of vinyl,
If its the harmonic distortion that causes the warmth people love then its the extreme high frequency phase errors that cause the cold sound that cd people love.
CDs always sound more distorted in the highs than the LP equivalent.
I have this memory of working at this shitty place called Believe In Music in 1989-90, and I was at work the day they decided to pack up all the vinyl and discontinue selling it. It shouldn't be a surprise the music biz is in a recession. It would be nice to one day see vinyl overtake cd's again.....I play all formats but vinyl is my fave...
@KOSMICKEN09 I Invested in my first technics turntable in 2000 then later invested in another turntable and mixer. I just recently invested in scratchlive3 and now only keep CDs as digital back ups, other than that they are stashed away in a box. Like a piece of art vinyl does have this profound sense of ownership and originality. It cannot be copied easily like tapes, cds, and the mp3
It's the harmonic distortion people love. That's where the warmth comes from.
Indeed, even in the digital recording studios the fad is to master onto tape and record with valve preamps. In home studios tape emulators are sought after.
But records last longer than even new CDs. Leave them in a cool dry place and they'll last centuries. Even now the best CDs are lucky to last 30 years and recordable discs are expected to last up to 15.
Why is it that CDs have a phenomenon where it is so trebly, crisp and sibilant? This is bad. Even human voices get it. Sometimes there is an annoying pulse ring.
I have the first CD I bought in 1990 when I was 13 and I have played it thousands of times, in cars, at friends houses, its been dropped and layed out on counters full of dust and it still plays exactly the same as the day I bought it. I will probably have it till the day I die and there are good points with vinyl but I wouldnt trade it for CD ever.
CDs can't make higher frequencies correctly. I know about Nyquist, blah, but what if you were to take 21KHz and not 22.05 KHz? It's also more like a symmetrical triangle wave than a sine wave, and there's a lot of distortion.
we can just hope it will become more popular then it just is
because I'm 16 and I often buy used stuff and yes today some stuff is on vinyl again but not every album :D and we need to change this and maybe get it a bit cheaper then it actually is
You've probably heard me saying this before, or any other person for that matter. But the vinyl technology is a great archiving medium, and by the "vinyl technology" i am not only referring to the 33.3 RPM LP but also the old school Edison cylinders.
Most of the Edison cylinders we have found today have been in some crappy storage since the 1880s, and are still playable!! While a CD will most likely suffer from "CD rot" in about 3 years...
I like it when she's like "Can I touch the vinyl", and he's like, "No, I don't want your oils on it"! Classic! Yes, 78's are made from shellac, some 78's that are mint, can be noisy but, then others pressed on good quality shellac, can be quite as hell. Also, played back correctly sound amazing. Records have been around a lot longer than 60 years. They have been around since the late 1880's, thats like 120 years.
I was almost cringing at the "asking kids questions" part. Then again, I'm 15 and usually when I say "vinyl", people will respond with "What's a vinyl?"
Then I'll say, "You know - records?"
Then they'll say, "... Uh... Oooh."
Then I proceed to mental face-palm.
Vinyls aren't dead, but they're certainly a niche market...
I bought a 78 rpm record yesturday of "I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling" origianlly written by By Bill Monroe covered by contemporary bluegrass band, "Pleasant Valley Boys".. It was recorded in a Dixon, CA home studio and pressed in Austin, TX. on the band's own "Squirty" label. Now all I need is a record player! (Any suggestions of good record player sources would be appreciated :)) I've decided to collect contemporary vinyl records, primarily "Americana" stuff.
Although I love good quality 33 and 45 RPM vinyl records, 78s really don't do it for me. Most 78s were made on a material other than vinyl and had a lot of surface noise.
With the advent of microgroove technology in the late 1940s and Stereo microgroove in the late 1950s, music on vinyl was really something to hear.
As I've said before though, IMO, reel to reel analog tape played through a tube amp and good speakers is the most realistic sound I have ever heard.
Vinyl is wayyy much better...not that I dont like the practicity of MP3..I surely love my ipod...but to listen at home I prefer to put my turntable to spin...I dont know..the fact of seeing the record spinning makes the music more real, cuz u see it....with a cd u don`t see it and besides records sound so much better, and nothing compares to the smell of a brand new record... CDs SHALL certainly die and Vinyl SHALL NOT.
I am glad that they are making Vinyl with a CD within the sleeve, so you'll have the vinyl record, and the cd of it too.
I played a song on vinyl using a pair of earphones, then played the same song on the computer (digitally bought) using the same earphones, I can hear the difference.
I am a definitely a vinyl fan and still own (and play ) about 250 albums and over 150 45's.
However, to me - analog reel to reel tape is the most realistic recording format ever.
It's something you must hear first hand to understand and appreciate.
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The sound of a top quality tape made at 71/2 or 15 ips is simply phenomenal - especially if played back on a good quality machine with a tube amplifier.
There is a big differance in sound quality between LP and CD. I recorded the same track one from CD and one from LP unto a metal type IV compact cassette and the LP version sounded more live and clean.
It's surprised how many people don't know what a vinyl record is. Let's hope when new vinyl's are recorded they don't do the whole "loudness war" audio compression thing with them.
Fortunately, they can't. The process for cutting a master disc won't tolerate the loudness of hypercomressed CD audio. They went through the loudness thing with LP's in the late 80's and they found that they'd get a lot of returns on extremely loud records because the stylus on many turntables would just jump right out of the groove. :) JC
the sound of vinyl on a good record player is generally like ear candy to me, very pleasing to the ear, i luv listening to vinyl, beautiful natural sound, jamespw22
CDs are not perfection . If they were , why would people revert to vinyl . Last week I bought a turntable although I have about 200 CDs . I have played the turntable every day ..I don't know why , but music just sounds so good on it . CDs arrived in 82 ..they haven't killed vinyl at all in 25 years .. this goofy fad just won't go away and will be around forever ...get used to it .
I hate seeing how those workers are just sliding the records off of the stack and putting them into the sleeves. Some of the records have to get a slight scratch this way.
Of course. I've gotten sealed records that had scratches all over them from non-proper care of the records at the pressingplant.
The latest one I got, was sealed, a DLP, and the A side is totally unplayable. The needle skips through the whole side. Good thing the label sent me a new copy..
If it truly was obsolete it would be long gone by now, more and more people are noticing especially now in this digital/mp3 era vinyl offers an intimacy other formats cannot. Whether it be the original natural sound, or something as simple as the beautiful artwork vinyl is making a small comeback, where the opposite seems to hold true with the CD.
Im 27 and am a vinyl junkie. I travel all over the country collecting vinyl. I am a truck driver, away from the house 3 to 4 days at a time, I cant wait to get home to put a vinyl on the spinner. It is amazing what u can find in record and antique stores around the country.
For young folks who have taken a liking to music on vinyl, you have to hear a good record on a good turntable with a good cartridge played through a TUBE AMPLIFIER and over a good set of 3 way speakers.
Talk about warm, natural sound - nothing matches it.
Of course all this can come at pretty steep price these days but the sound truly is amazing !!!
I was born in 1990, and I grew up with loads of cassette tapes... love that analog sound. :3
Personally, I've never heard too much on vinyl. My mom owns a lot, and I own a few records myself, but we've never had a record player in recent times! D:
It's a shame. But I've finally got myself a turntable of my own. Sure, MP3s are convenient, and I love carrying them around with me, but you just can't beat that vinyl sound. HUGE dynamic range, and real warm... :)
Im 48 years old now, It's been a long time that i looking for turntable, sigh our old turntable already disposed by my sister, finally I bought one thru internet on line, I'm so excited because I found selling vinyl here in the philippines, now I have 21 LP's enjoying and reminiscing my teen days, thanks to back to black records
VINYL FOREVER!I'm so happy and excited it's back!I grew up with LP'S(I'm in early 30's) and started buying them in the late '80's right after they were discontinued and left for dead by the record labels.I'm trying to convince my significant other it's time we owned a turntable and that vinyl sounds better then CDs or digital downloads.Since June 2008, I've bought approximately 30 LP'S.Looking forward to buying LP'S this year!
last year i finaly convinced my family to move the unused stereo system into my room . it has a turn table ,a E.Q. etc.. i have been collecting vinyl ever since.. im 13 and love vinyl!
Whatever vinyls my parents had, they got rid of them before I remembered them having any, so I started out with cassettes and later, cd's. I still listen to a lot of mp3's now, but now don't have any cd's(sold them all). Bought an audio technica turntable last april and I love it. Right now I have 40 lp's and it'll be the only medium I buy music on ever again.
I was born in 1979, while vinyl was still king. But basically I grew up in the 80s and 90s- so my first album was on CD. When I was old enough to buy music , I got CDs. But I much prefer the sound of records. They just sound more natural and richer.
I've read that standard audio CD's don't quite capture the harmonics that the ear picks up or that analog recordings can pickup and replay.
I've never heard an SACD (Super Audio CD) which is a format developed about 10 years ago but they are supposed to be more natural sounding than the conventional type.
I've seen some vinyl even at Best Buy. Metallica even has an exclusive version of Death Magnetic available tomorrow. I thought that was awesome. Poor kids with their parents acting like vinyl was what the dinosaurs used - I have some major-label ones from '08 for cripes sake!
Heh, it is the ritual - combined with knowing your getting the non-downsampled, purest version of the recording you can (especially if it was recorded in analog). People go "I bet you just love having to get up and turn that record over every three songs!" Yep, we do.
I have uploaded many hi-quality vinyl recordings of popular rock and pop bands. Click my username to hear them . Make sure you watch them in 'hi-quality' so you can fully appreciate how great vinyl can sound!
The emotion that produces put a vinyl turtable is in un speakable, unlike the C.D. to put it is no very exciting and sometimes the sound is not the brightest one expects, especially recording of the years 50s, 60s.
I'm born in 92' and I grew up with Tapes and Vinyl, since we were late and didn't have a CD player at home. I remember when I was like 3, my mom used to lift me so I could put a record on the stacker spindle of the Dual 1009 fitted the console we had, too bad it went to the garbages :( Well, my passion for vinyl never ended. I now use a low grade Technics ( D-202 ) but I still prefeer record changers, even if they're not the best turntables around. I just enjoy all the process of listening lp/45
I was born in 1986. Didn't find out about vinyl till 2000. Started collecting vinyl in 2006. I have a nice little collection of vinyl now. I have about 10-20 records. Just put up a video, so go check out my video.
This is great news but take it from a person like me who was born in 63 and went through the golden age of kick ass monster stereo receivers and hi fi seperates and the endless models of tts.You have to have a good set up and not some cheap retro turntable.Good lp sound takes some money and listening time to aquire the best sound out of your vinyl.A good TT, cartridge and a good amp and speakers will cost because the older set up with seperate components will give you the best sound
There's nothing like "physically" putting the record on the turntable & enjoying the music. I've been hooked since '92..& started getting records in '94 when i was 17. Man, i even miss bangin' tunes from my tape player in my car!
i was born in 91 back when tapes were still ruling and i got so many old hip hop and urban records that sound real good and much more better then the digital remasters damn i feel sorry for the people that were also born in the 90's and dont know shit about records and how good they sound
I was born in '92! I've grown up on CD's and I also have an iPod, but I always had this curious interest in those big black vinyl records! I recently got an Audio Technica AT-3400 cartridge for my dad's 33-year-old Hitachi PS-38 and I completely fell in love with the warm analogue tone when I placed it on my first album!
i have collected on and off my whole life it is awsome to see a revival for me that means i can get sealed represses of albums i have no hope of owning otherwise
My kids are from the 90's, but due to the fact that I own 700+ pieces of vinyl, they not only know what they are, but they play them as well (with my CAREFUL supervision).
But how expensive genuine phono styli have become lately. $150 for my Audio-Technica 8008 and $256 for my Pickering XSP.
I still keep my Technics SL-QD35 turntable in top shape, and the vinyl is cared for with Discwasher D4 cleaner (with its padded 'brush'), a Zerostat 3 gun and a carbon fiber brush.
Even though born 1991, I grew up with vinyl records. I have about 15 cd's, and those are albums that hasn't been released on vinyl yet. Everything else I have on vinyl and tape.
I'm 15 and didnt grow up with vinyl. I bought a turntable one day and bought a couple of LPs. I was amazed at the sound quality and how much better than CD it is.
I now have around 600 LPs and a quality turntable. Vinyl rules!!!!
MP3 128kbps is OK for on the move music when cycling, in the car etc. If you have a decent hi-fi and sit down you will ear the difference. You are right : a PROPERLY downsampled MP3 is tougher to distinguish from an original CD.
Most of the recorded formats have their pros and cons, except 4 & 8 track tapes which to me were simply horrible. That format had been developed to play short radio commercials and later modified to play music in cars (before cassettes). In the middle of songs, the tape head would change and clunk to continue the same song on another track of the endless loop. Awful.
When I compared these two ,when I listen to the CD I was saying "WTF they where thinking?".For me Vinyls and Reel-to-Reel are the best support! We can't do better :D.
Yes! Thank goodness for these idiots! They bought back their records in CD format, they held garage sales, took out all their vinyl records, and we bought them for pennies! :D
Why can't vinyl enthusiasts give a single logical reason to choose vinyl over CD? All I hear about is the "warm" sound and the ridiculous hype over the artwork and the gatefold packaging.
i'll always prefer cd,i grew up with cd's, i guess most people who grew up with vinyl will always prefer vinyl and people who grew up with cd's will always prefer cd's. in all honesty, i dont know how the crcking sound you get from vinyl does not drive people insane, i cannot listen to it, it drives me crazy!
I hear what you're saying about being most comfortable with the technology you grew up. It's curious that at your young age you haven't embraced mp3s over CD.
For me - as a kid who grew up with vinyl - there was always something special about making the trip to the store to select it, buy it, bring it home, put it on the turntable and watch it play as I soaked in the wonderful ultra-realistic sounds from the big stereo console in my parents' living room.
funny. im a teenager who grew up with cd's and cassetes, and now im literraly obsessed with vinyl. i know what you mean about the cracking, it kinda makes you agitated, but the sound quality when the music is played is amazing. like the guy said. "a gift".
I can experiment by buying music thats new to me for a dollar a piece at thrift stores and garage sales.A lot of times its music not available anymore in any format.I also love the ritual of vinyl:cleaning records,trying different cartridges for different sounds.Its not rational,or efficient or logical.If you used logic,youd just masturbate instead of going through the pain,mess and inconvenience of love....
I alternate my iPod with playing some of the hundreds of LPs and 45s, still in mint shape! It is great to see vinyl is making a comeback with a vengeance! Wow! Now, that is true sound! I can't see why analog and digital cannot co-exist. Now, I only hope that the open reel will also return...I am playing mine now.
Just found this. Looks like RCA invented large format stereo audio cassettes that ran at 3 3/4ips in 1958 - 5 to 6 years before Norelco released its compact cassettes in
1963-64.
Marketing of the RCA's must have been awful.
I never heard of them before I stumbled on this YouTube video.
I hope if Walt Disney Records will be re-releasing some vinyl from the Disneyland record library, this would be a lot of fun. Let's hope if Disney vinyl will be coming back soon.
Maybe they should put "High School Musical" and "Hannah Montana" on vinyl.
i don't get why people like to download the music i like buying my cds and then ripping them
fu1501 4 months ago
I do not understand why vinyl needs to come back? If it really was a fantastic way of re-producing sound, it would of never of died out in the first place? I know that fashion and fads usually take over what was good in previous times and 99% of the time the previous times were better (for example digital tv is crap compared to analogue, but, here in the UK we have no choice.) But that just hasn't happened with Vinyl. Vinyl is a terrible media in which to listen to music on. Digital is better!
yogibear2k10 5 months ago
@yogibear2k10 - Vinyl never really went away completely. Tape on reels, in cartridges and later in cassettes all tried to replace records and almost did for a while. Then came CD's that played for 80 minutes - twice as long as the two sides of an LP. MP3s are the preferred medium of the day on IPODS and other players. I think it's more about making money than improving sound quality. For example, some groups have had their music issued on every medium for the last 45 years. CaCHING !!!
bctvguy 5 months ago
Wow, now that's something I would be ready to buy!
Hopefully the same thing will happen for typewriters. *crosses fingers*
triken49 5 months ago
0:59 has the idea
good boy :)
wow1022 6 months ago
Even in 96khz/24bit lossless digital audio files, a vinyl album is still better.
I say this knowing that 90% or more of the population is listening to 44.1khz/16bit lossy MP3s ...
DeathToTheseWalls 6 months ago
Will they ever mass-produce vinyl record albums again? Even if they did triple albums of whoever, they could give 3 for the price of 2. I mean, I'd rather listen to 3 hours of whoever on 3 LPs than listen to 1 hour of whoever on a CD!! I hope you don't think I'm some sort of nostalgic freak!
squirell1952 6 months ago
Not necessarly, all the music recorded before 1980 was analogue, so you can and should use that master recording to record the LP. After 80,s when the CD appears some studios recorded the masters in digital format.
migra69 7 months ago
Records are the only way to go!
Bassmaster970 7 months ago
Vinyl makes you a better person
Paspiedreamcast 7 months ago
The kid who said "it's a record" deeserves a medal.
xJALEPINOx 8 months ago
watching this while listening to a van halen vinyl. :D
drew32904 9 months ago
I have over a 180 Moody Blues songs in digital format.
But I also still have my Rega Planar 3 belt drive, glass platter turntable and some Moody Blues albums on vinyl format.
Sure, I'm a fan of their music, but listening to the subtle texture, the Melatron, the flute, the vocal harmonies, etc., from a vinyl album, takes the experience to a higher dimension of audiophonic pleasure.
Fortunately the Rega Planar turntable series is still made by the British manufacturer.
TheSulross 10 months ago
HEY!!! DONT LAUGH!
HaydenWinnett321 10 months ago
i love framing them and hanging them on my wall
alpergumussu 1 year ago
God Bless Peter Goldmark! Vinyl is KING!
sbbinahee 1 year ago
What's different about vinyl? Well, there's added distortion, surface noise, phase anomolies, and as many RIAA curves as there are phono preamps. Sure, vinyl can sound very good at times, but I'll still take a good 24/96 digital recording any day over vinyl. And there's the added benefit that you can play digital off a thumb drive, which is pretty impervious to vibration. I could never play vinyl loud because of feedback. CDs would skip. Thumb drives, no problems.
basspig 1 year ago
hmm , same goes for vacuum tubes .
florickwar2 1 year ago
Personally I am thrilled to see that vinyl is making a comeback. CD's can't hold a candle to the sound quality of a vinyl record played on a good, high quality stereo with high quality speakers. CD's just cant reproduce the tonal quality of vinyl.
To say nothing of the nostalgia factor for those of us who grew up listening to vinyl.
Besides if, you are into the older groups like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits, and Fleetwood Mac. Their old albums were all recorded in and for analog.
mk1505 1 year ago
vinyl is so old and s still going good
eletricmayham 1 year ago
I got my first record player today (a five in one combination record player), and I can't wait to go down to the local record shop :D
Ozmandais 1 year ago
becausesoundmatters [dot ] com
Vinyl!!
SamTomo75 1 year ago
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My hubby and I have about 2500 albums, and about 50 different ways to play one. Varying from stereophile high end turntables, to all kinds of portable players form the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
The more sterile sound that one gets form a cd or the downloads for an iPod, just don't include what makes a lot of music so sonderful - - the peripheral sounds, the genuine richness that only vinyl can bring....It's A Wonderful New Day!!! People are waking up! Yeah!!!
KDub1963 1 year ago
Vinyl is music to my ears.
djverdugo7 1 year ago
I love collecting records! Sad thing is when you have a 40 Year Old Record player and it goes out on you ahhhhh its shameful know one makes parts for them anymore! it had the best sound ever huge speakers it was a credenza nice wood finish to it I about fell apart when I found out know one fixes them!
pianomanmaestro 1 year ago
@pianomanmaestro - Add me as a friend ( I sent an invitation) and I'll send you some links.
bctvguy 1 year ago
I have a tone of old records i got from my Great Grandmother, does anyone know how much records could be today???? I have a bunch of 33's from like the 1930s and 40s atleast!
pianomanmaestro 1 year ago
@pianomanmaestro - If you have records from the 1930s and 40s, they would have to be 78RPMs because modern, commercial 33 1/3 LP records were not invented until 1948.
HOWEVER, there were some EXTREMELY RARE 33 RPM records made by RCA in 1931but the likelihood of coming across one of those is very low.
78s are very fragile so if you're selling them, shipping could be a problem.
bctvguy 1 year ago
Even if record companies are releasing new recordings on Vinyl, think of this.. Nowadays everything is recorded digitally and mastered digitally, so, unless bands are recording there music and mastering it in Analog format (which is highly unlikely), there is pretty much no point putting it on Vinyl. Anyone remember seeing AAD, ADD, and DDD on their CD's ? recording something DDA is pretty much pointless. Once it's been recorded in Digital format, the fullness and depth of the recording is gone.
5irR4p70r 1 year ago
@5irR4p70r - EXCELLENT POINT but is any of the new material being released on vinyl recorded and mastered on analog tape machines ?
bctvguy 1 year ago
@bctvguy , yes many recordings today are being done all analog....last Arcade Fire for instance
analogcorner 1 year ago
@bctvguy I'd really like to know about tape, I use a metal SR and the fidelity is incredible. It's hard to dispatch the convenience of digital recording in lieu of nostalgia, although I cannot understand mp3. This afternoon I listened to the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir perform Rachmaninov's All Night Vigil on FLAC, routed through a wireless broadcast to my RX-D702B. Not to be appreciated in a lossy format. It's so long, I couldn't imagine flipping that much vinyl.
bfremming 8 months ago
@bctvguy Wasting Light, the new Foo Fighters album.
eruptionmat 7 months ago
@bctvguy Actually, yes. The White Stripes record their music on 24 track analog tape machines.
audiobuff77 6 months ago
@5irR4p70r I never thought of it that way before. It's something to think about. So reissues are pointless?
ConfusedSponge 1 year ago
These kids don't know about records?! I was born in 98 and I know about records, 8-tracks, tapes, and more!
jebug29 1 year ago
if you hook the output on a record player up to a pc and play it next to an mp3 and zoom into the sound waves on audacity there is a major difference.
Rcrby525 1 year ago
These kids make me feel really REALLY old....
luckyvet 1 year ago
the last two kids were really smart
GreeceOTOT 1 year ago
i went into a best buy and saw LP's being sold and was like WHAT THE PHU..!
if this catches on, hope there is a re-issue trend.
socalltd 1 year ago 4
@socalltd - What city was the Best Buy store selling LPs?
Were they new titles or re-issues?
What was the average price per disc?
Thanks.
bctvguy 1 year ago
@bctvguy i'm in so cal.. chino hills. it was a small section with some "new" releases
and some older decade or late 90's re-issue and no turntables. i forgot the prices, uhm around 20 bucks. here we have several good used stores and amoeba in hollywood. if its out in vinyl, they will have it.
socalltd 1 year ago
@bctvguy i've seen this too. they have pretty much everything, although in a somewhat smaller selection then you would think (or hope for). i saw they had stuff like the beatles and bob marley to 90's stuff like beastie boys and smashing pumpkins to this new stuff like vampire weekend and the newer, and in my opinion crap, pop punk and hardcore. all the old stuff was re-issues, obviously and the prices were pretty high. from 15-35. and a few triple digit box sets.
Tom18241 1 year ago
YES! yes! yes!!!
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago
To me, vinyl records are like gourmet restaurants, while CDs and mp3s are like fast food restaurants. Fast food is faster and more convenient, but if you can afford to eat at a gourmet restaurant then why not? In the same way, I like CDs and mp3s for convenience and portability if I'm driving or doing something out of the house. But if you're just sitting at home, why wouldn't you listen to your music on vinyl since it has better sound quality and bigger artwork?
vinylrecordcollector 1 year ago
Great video.
divadzt777 1 year ago
Vinyl will always be the "grooviest" way to listen to recorded music!!
bikebeerrun1960 1 year ago
Old is new again and there is just no stopping the return of vinyl. For me, the size, the feel & sound of a vinyl record has always mesmerized me.... ever since I was a kid in the 60's. Teenagers are coming around to it...they just have to be patient with the cleaning and handling of vinyl in order to appreciate the sound.
veggiemate01 1 year ago
It's a damn stable technology. I like that. Same with reel to reel.
gschjetne 1 year ago
VINYL RECORDS FOREVER!!!
OldMusicOnVinyl1 1 year ago 5
Great video report, thanks for posting it.
At 2:26 the guys says vinyl is a closed format. I can see the next revolution coming, the return of the analog Tape Recorder! People used to tape records and make "mixes" even back in the 1960's!
Digital is very good in so many ways. It really killed off the old analog technology and did it too soon.
Ironically, record companies caused that when they went to CD. They pushed getting rid of vinyl,
Thanks for the video!
clydesight 1 year ago
Thanks for this video.
I speak spanish, but i understood too much.
razadelibertad 1 year ago
If its the harmonic distortion that causes the warmth people love then its the extreme high frequency phase errors that cause the cold sound that cd people love.
CDs always sound more distorted in the highs than the LP equivalent.
Anderskh 2 years ago 4
Sound is one thing, but you gotta admit vinyl packaging has a pleasant smell to it too... it smells like fresh bread and old books :-)
New CD's just smell toxic...
FastDashEight 2 years ago 7
@FastDashEight
yah listening to a vinyl album is an event....listening to a CD is like surgery too clinical
KevinCarey 1 year ago
LONG LIVE VINYL!
TorontoJon 2 years ago 34
I have this memory of working at this shitty place called Believe In Music in 1989-90, and I was at work the day they decided to pack up all the vinyl and discontinue selling it. It shouldn't be a surprise the music biz is in a recession. It would be nice to one day see vinyl overtake cd's again.....I play all formats but vinyl is my fave...
KOSMICKEN09 2 years ago 12
It's not just the medium - it's the music and the message. IMO, most of today's music just isn't that good - lacking good melody, message and memory.
bctvguy 2 years ago
@KOSMICKEN09 I Invested in my first technics turntable in 2000 then later invested in another turntable and mixer. I just recently invested in scratchlive3 and now only keep CDs as digital back ups, other than that they are stashed away in a box. Like a piece of art vinyl does have this profound sense of ownership and originality. It cannot be copied easily like tapes, cds, and the mp3
MattyTheMole 1 year ago
One of the dumbest thing someone can do on this planet nowadays is to buy a shittie wimpy mp3 file!
It sounds like shit and you can't either smell it or look at it.
It's like virtual sex.....a complete LOSER'S attitude!!!
margix 2 years ago 4
i see no problem w/ having an ipod and a record player lol. you can't play an lp in your car really.....
KOSMICKEN09 2 years ago
It's the harmonic distortion people love. That's where the warmth comes from.
Indeed, even in the digital recording studios the fad is to master onto tape and record with valve preamps. In home studios tape emulators are sought after.
But records last longer than even new CDs. Leave them in a cool dry place and they'll last centuries. Even now the best CDs are lucky to last 30 years and recordable discs are expected to last up to 15.
OnlyGoodCommie 2 years ago
Why is it that CDs have a phenomenon where it is so trebly, crisp and sibilant? This is bad. Even human voices get it. Sometimes there is an annoying pulse ring.
SlimeTron5000 2 years ago 3
I have the first CD I bought in 1990 when I was 13 and I have played it thousands of times, in cars, at friends houses, its been dropped and layed out on counters full of dust and it still plays exactly the same as the day I bought it. I will probably have it till the day I die and there are good points with vinyl but I wouldnt trade it for CD ever.
Albee213 1 year ago 4
Ah the vinyl is so special...a cd is a dull old obstacle in a piece of awkwardness that really trivializes a lot of hard work.
Nightmeare 1 year ago
44.1Khz 16-bit PCM sampling take the music's soul away, MP3s with its lossy mess takes it even further...
too bad DVD-Audio didn't catch up, cause at 96khz IEEE 754 you have almost perfect sound, with 192khz even 32bits interger sounds perfect.
marlls1989 2 years ago
Watching the record spinning on a turnntable makes the music feel more alive. CD's and MP3's are just too clinical.
Kidman848 2 years ago 7
CDs can't make higher frequencies correctly. I know about Nyquist, blah, but what if you were to take 21KHz and not 22.05 KHz? It's also more like a symmetrical triangle wave than a sine wave, and there's a lot of distortion.
tunglour 2 years ago
vinyl will always be better just like film cameras
lukevash 2 years ago 8
we can just hope it will become more popular then it just is
because I'm 16 and I often buy used stuff and yes today some stuff is on vinyl again but not every album :D and we need to change this and maybe get it a bit cheaper then it actually is
Individuell83 2 years ago
"It's coming back."
Coming back? It never left!!
I love the stuff...
vinylrecord68 2 years ago 8
Thank you for nice video ^^
MAYRHYTHM 2 years ago
yeah i have a HUGE collection of vinyl records and many of these LP's are not out on CD's especially music from the 30's to the 60's
chenwenhua2269 2 years ago
You've probably heard me saying this before, or any other person for that matter. But the vinyl technology is a great archiving medium, and by the "vinyl technology" i am not only referring to the 33.3 RPM LP but also the old school Edison cylinders.
Most of the Edison cylinders we have found today have been in some crappy storage since the 1880s, and are still playable!! While a CD will most likely suffer from "CD rot" in about 3 years...
peppoj 2 years ago
I have CD's that are 20 years old, play like new...
Albee213 1 year ago 3
I like it when she's like "Can I touch the vinyl", and he's like, "No, I don't want your oils on it"! Classic! Yes, 78's are made from shellac, some 78's that are mint, can be noisy but, then others pressed on good quality shellac, can be quite as hell. Also, played back correctly sound amazing. Records have been around a lot longer than 60 years. They have been around since the late 1880's, thats like 120 years.
lewisldurham 2 years ago 3
Recorded sound was basically invented by Thomas Edison in 1877 on tin foil and later wax cylinders.
In the late 1880s, discs were invented.
The vinyl LP was invented by Peter Goldmark of Columbia (CBS) in 1948.
bctvguy 2 years ago
I was almost cringing at the "asking kids questions" part. Then again, I'm 15 and usually when I say "vinyl", people will respond with "What's a vinyl?"
Then I'll say, "You know - records?"
Then they'll say, "... Uh... Oooh."
Then I proceed to mental face-palm.
Vinyls aren't dead, but they're certainly a niche market...
ybrik222 2 years ago
I know exactly what you mean. Records are a thriving market. 5 stars for that comment.
MarkPMus 2 years ago
My 14 year old cousin knew what a record was when she was those kids age! Oh how much time has passed.....
aLaMode298 2 years ago
I bought a 78 rpm record yesturday of "I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling" origianlly written by By Bill Monroe covered by contemporary bluegrass band, "Pleasant Valley Boys".. It was recorded in a Dixon, CA home studio and pressed in Austin, TX. on the band's own "Squirty" label. Now all I need is a record player! (Any suggestions of good record player sources would be appreciated :)) I've decided to collect contemporary vinyl records, primarily "Americana" stuff.
jenniferjuniper97 2 years ago
Although I love good quality 33 and 45 RPM vinyl records, 78s really don't do it for me. Most 78s were made on a material other than vinyl and had a lot of surface noise.
With the advent of microgroove technology in the late 1940s and Stereo microgroove in the late 1950s, music on vinyl was really something to hear.
As I've said before though, IMO, reel to reel analog tape played through a tube amp and good speakers is the most realistic sound I have ever heard.
bctvguy 2 years ago
@jenniferjuniper97 you cannot go wrong with a Technics SL1210,robust and well made piece of kit,it does not play 78rpm though!!!
kudge43 1 year ago
That's a smart little girl. Happy that they know what a record is =D
nesplayer94 2 years ago 7
Good education ;D
peppoj 2 years ago 3
Vinyl is wayyy much better...not that I dont like the practicity of MP3..I surely love my ipod...but to listen at home I prefer to put my turntable to spin...I dont know..the fact of seeing the record spinning makes the music more real, cuz u see it....with a cd u don`t see it and besides records sound so much better, and nothing compares to the smell of a brand new record... CDs SHALL certainly die and Vinyl SHALL NOT.
rafaelinrio 2 years ago 10
kid @ :47 is very smart!
trggerfingor 2 years ago 5
Older is better!!!
geocgeo 2 years ago 4
Vinyl or digitized? I'd say I like both, because they're completely different.
MrLemonHornz 2 years ago 3
I have Nickelback album "Dark Horse" on vinyl purchased!
Great old vinyl with great new music <3
Reflex477 2 years ago
Great Video!! Love the kids..that was a nice touch!
mrhoffame 2 years ago 3
I am glad that they are making Vinyl with a CD within the sleeve, so you'll have the vinyl record, and the cd of it too.
I played a song on vinyl using a pair of earphones, then played the same song on the computer (digitally bought) using the same earphones, I can hear the difference.
MightMan100 2 years ago 6
I am a definitely a vinyl fan and still own (and play ) about 250 albums and over 150 45's.
However, to me - analog reel to reel tape is the most realistic recording format ever.
It's something you must hear first hand to understand and appreciate.
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The sound of a top quality tape made at 71/2 or 15 ips is simply phenomenal - especially if played back on a good quality machine with a tube amplifier.
bctvguy 2 years ago
There is a big differance in sound quality between LP and CD. I recorded the same track one from CD and one from LP unto a metal type IV compact cassette and the LP version sounded more live and clean.
verastaki 2 years ago
You can't beat analog sound! From all audio formats,i prefer the most reel to reel tapes or records,and sometimes cassettes. Nice video,by the way!
oviwolf 2 years ago
It's surprised how many people don't know what a vinyl record is. Let's hope when new vinyl's are recorded they don't do the whole "loudness war" audio compression thing with them.
CoolDudeClem 2 years ago 4
Fortunately, they can't. The process for cutting a master disc won't tolerate the loudness of hypercomressed CD audio. They went through the loudness thing with LP's in the late 80's and they found that they'd get a lot of returns on extremely loud records because the stylus on many turntables would just jump right out of the groove. :) JC
BadEditPro 2 years ago
the sound of vinyl on a good record player is generally like ear candy to me, very pleasing to the ear, i luv listening to vinyl, beautiful natural sound, jamespw22
jamespw22 2 years ago
To you maybe, not to me.
lenskizm 2 years ago
they said that in the 1980s dude and it never died
hambone9119 2 years ago
Vinyl is the best thing to be invented since sliced bread
As long as my heart beats, I will keep collecting and playing LP's
Mun0z387 2 years ago 41
CDs are not perfection . If they were , why would people revert to vinyl . Last week I bought a turntable although I have about 200 CDs . I have played the turntable every day ..I don't know why , but music just sounds so good on it . CDs arrived in 82 ..they haven't killed vinyl at all in 25 years .. this goofy fad just won't go away and will be around forever ...get used to it .
123strauss 2 years ago 6
I hate seeing how those workers are just sliding the records off of the stack and putting them into the sleeves. Some of the records have to get a slight scratch this way.
ininper 2 years ago 4
Of course. I've gotten sealed records that had scratches all over them from non-proper care of the records at the pressingplant.
The latest one I got, was sealed, a DLP, and the A side is totally unplayable. The needle skips through the whole side. Good thing the label sent me a new copy..
AnalogMusicLover 2 years ago
If it truly was obsolete it would be long gone by now, more and more people are noticing especially now in this digital/mp3 era vinyl offers an intimacy other formats cannot. Whether it be the original natural sound, or something as simple as the beautiful artwork vinyl is making a small comeback, where the opposite seems to hold true with the CD.
Hilikus3434 2 years ago 5
Im 27 and am a vinyl junkie. I travel all over the country collecting vinyl. I am a truck driver, away from the house 3 to 4 days at a time, I cant wait to get home to put a vinyl on the spinner. It is amazing what u can find in record and antique stores around the country.
bwilson284444 2 years ago 4
For young folks who have taken a liking to music on vinyl, you have to hear a good record on a good turntable with a good cartridge played through a TUBE AMPLIFIER and over a good set of 3 way speakers.
Talk about warm, natural sound - nothing matches it.
Of course all this can come at pretty steep price these days but the sound truly is amazing !!!
bctvguy 3 years ago
A good turntable, needle and clean, unscratched record account alot for the sound quality. I know some people that don't know that at all.
fatcatbuzz 2 years ago
I was born in 1990, and I grew up with loads of cassette tapes... love that analog sound. :3
Personally, I've never heard too much on vinyl. My mom owns a lot, and I own a few records myself, but we've never had a record player in recent times! D:
It's a shame. But I've finally got myself a turntable of my own. Sure, MP3s are convenient, and I love carrying them around with me, but you just can't beat that vinyl sound. HUGE dynamic range, and real warm... :)
Rogueofmv 3 years ago 5
Same here dude!
dutchfett 3 years ago 4
i was born in 1993 ani i prefer vinyl records instead of iPods
TheTvGuru3 3 years ago 8
records are really cool. I want to start collecting them!
Zeldafoo9 3 years ago 3
Im 48 years old now, It's been a long time that i looking for turntable, sigh our old turntable already disposed by my sister, finally I bought one thru internet on line, I'm so excited because I found selling vinyl here in the philippines, now I have 21 LP's enjoying and reminiscing my teen days, thanks to back to black records
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greenosm 3 years ago 3
78s,LPs,And 45s Sound Much Better Than CDS And MP3s.I Started Collecting Them About A Year Ago.I Have About 6,200 78s,500 45s,And 100 LPs.
glennmillerfan 3 years ago 2
VINYL FOREVER!I'm so happy and excited it's back!I grew up with LP'S(I'm in early 30's) and started buying them in the late '80's right after they were discontinued and left for dead by the record labels.I'm trying to convince my significant other it's time we owned a turntable and that vinyl sounds better then CDs or digital downloads.Since June 2008, I've bought approximately 30 LP'S.Looking forward to buying LP'S this year!
karryon99 3 years ago 3
That's it! This summer I'm finally getting a job. And buying a turntable. Every time I hear about I more and more realize how much I am missing.
HyBrIdEnS 3 years ago 2
Mee too! I'm 18 and I bought my first vinyl record. It's art! After that I will buy a turntable to play it as well.
videodude4 3 years ago 4
last year i finaly convinced my family to move the unused stereo system into my room . it has a turn table ,a E.Q. etc.. i have been collecting vinyl ever since.. im 13 and love vinyl!
westlegoman 3 years ago 2
Good for you!
I am truly impressed at how many young people appreciate vinyl recordings.
And if you read the comments on this video, you'll see you are not alone.
bctvguy 3 years ago
Whatever vinyls my parents had, they got rid of them before I remembered them having any, so I started out with cassettes and later, cd's. I still listen to a lot of mp3's now, but now don't have any cd's(sold them all). Bought an audio technica turntable last april and I love it. Right now I have 40 lp's and it'll be the only medium I buy music on ever again.
Dealjobber 3 years ago 2
I was born in 1979, while vinyl was still king. But basically I grew up in the 80s and 90s- so my first album was on CD. When I was old enough to buy music , I got CDs. But I much prefer the sound of records. They just sound more natural and richer.
monumentfloyd 3 years ago 2
I've read that standard audio CD's don't quite capture the harmonics that the ear picks up or that analog recordings can pickup and replay.
I've never heard an SACD (Super Audio CD) which is a format developed about 10 years ago but they are supposed to be more natural sounding than the conventional type.
bctvguy 3 years ago
I've seen some vinyl even at Best Buy. Metallica even has an exclusive version of Death Magnetic available tomorrow. I thought that was awesome. Poor kids with their parents acting like vinyl was what the dinosaurs used - I have some major-label ones from '08 for cripes sake!
ShineDownTheNight 3 years ago 2
Heh, it is the ritual - combined with knowing your getting the non-downsampled, purest version of the recording you can (especially if it was recorded in analog). People go "I bet you just love having to get up and turn that record over every three songs!" Yep, we do.
ShineDownTheNight 3 years ago 2
I have uploaded many hi-quality vinyl recordings of popular rock and pop bands. Click my username to hear them . Make sure you watch them in 'hi-quality' so you can fully appreciate how great vinyl can sound!
vinylanaloglp 3 years ago
The emotion that produces put a vinyl turtable is in un speakable, unlike the C.D. to put it is no very exciting and sometimes the sound is not the brightest one expects, especially recording of the years 50s, 60s.
versayes555 3 years ago 2
I'm born in 92' and I grew up with Tapes and Vinyl, since we were late and didn't have a CD player at home. I remember when I was like 3, my mom used to lift me so I could put a record on the stacker spindle of the Dual 1009 fitted the console we had, too bad it went to the garbages :( Well, my passion for vinyl never ended. I now use a low grade Technics ( D-202 ) but I still prefeer record changers, even if they're not the best turntables around. I just enjoy all the process of listening lp/45
gogocamry 3 years ago
I was born in 1986. Didn't find out about vinyl till 2000. Started collecting vinyl in 2006. I have a nice little collection of vinyl now. I have about 10-20 records. Just put up a video, so go check out my video.
PearlJammer07 3 years ago
This is great news but take it from a person like me who was born in 63 and went through the golden age of kick ass monster stereo receivers and hi fi seperates and the endless models of tts.You have to have a good set up and not some cheap retro turntable.Good lp sound takes some money and listening time to aquire the best sound out of your vinyl.A good TT, cartridge and a good amp and speakers will cost because the older set up with seperate components will give you the best sound
apppleofeye 3 years ago
Very well said. Good hardware and setup is EVERYTHING when it comes to getting that sound that sends digital running for cover!
Patriot1776 3 years ago
Thanks for sharing, Jeffrey. I never would have believed it.
oldcountrytunes 3 years ago
oh man I hope they open a record store near where I live! I'll only buy LP's! no more CD's! :D
coolbluelights 3 years ago 3
I've been spinning vinyl since the late '90s, and I'm so happy they're releasing new albums on vinyl. AWESOME!
Now all we need for them is to revive 78s!
wilkes85 3 years ago
I have Hawk's lp records, but I don't play them anymore since we have all the modern cd's and dvd's. WOW! what a change!
sweetthing77203 3 years ago
There's nothing like "physically" putting the record on the turntable & enjoying the music. I've been hooked since '92..& started getting records in '94 when i was 17. Man, i even miss bangin' tunes from my tape player in my car!
djskoolboy180 3 years ago
i was born in 91 back when tapes were still ruling and i got so many old hip hop and urban records that sound real good and much more better then the digital remasters damn i feel sorry for the people that were also born in the 90's and dont know shit about records and how good they sound
datstight128 3 years ago
I'm born in 1989, and my bands has already released 4 different 7" vinyls and been participating in a 10"!
All upcoming releases by my bands are vinyls, except for ONE CD. But there are like 4-5 releases on vinyl.
It's just better!!!
ildur 3 years ago
I was born in the cd time but i love records. i hate cds
kendostick58 3 years ago 4
I was born in '92! I've grown up on CD's and I also have an iPod, but I always had this curious interest in those big black vinyl records! I recently got an Audio Technica AT-3400 cartridge for my dad's 33-year-old Hitachi PS-38 and I completely fell in love with the warm analogue tone when I placed it on my first album!
Long Live Vinyl!
ToastmachineIdiot 3 years ago 3
I WAS BORN IN 1988! MY AGE WAS OF TAPES.... and i LOVEEEEEE VINYL RECORDS!!!!!!!!!
daniel2824 3 years ago
i have collected on and off my whole life it is awsome to see a revival for me that means i can get sealed represses of albums i have no hope of owning otherwise
DASJOTUNHEIM666 3 years ago
Long life to vinyl records! is the best and beatifull format ever made!
javiercotroneo 3 years ago 2
My kids are from the 90's, but due to the fact that I own 700+ pieces of vinyl, they not only know what they are, but they play them as well (with my CAREFUL supervision).
But how expensive genuine phono styli have become lately. $150 for my Audio-Technica 8008 and $256 for my Pickering XSP.
I still keep my Technics SL-QD35 turntable in top shape, and the vinyl is cared for with Discwasher D4 cleaner (with its padded 'brush'), a Zerostat 3 gun and a carbon fiber brush.
Shinjikun1 3 years ago
Even though born 1991, I grew up with vinyl records. I have about 15 cd's, and those are albums that hasn't been released on vinyl yet. Everything else I have on vinyl and tape.
I allways buy new albums on vinyl.
RemainNegative 3 years ago
I grew up on cd's and now i have around 10 vinyl's 7" and 12".
PSPThemeDude 3 years ago
my dad has never forgiven me and my bros for destroying his records, my bro gave him the cds and he has never played them
beerrox711 3 years ago
i couldnt choose to say thumb up or thumb down, but i decided thump up for your dad to not playing CDs!!! awesome!
ildur 3 years ago
I am 11 and I am so happy to hear that LPs are being made again! I like to hear the scratching. LONG LIVE LP
GreendayGuy30 3 years ago
I'm 15 and didnt grow up with vinyl. I bought a turntable one day and bought a couple of LPs. I was amazed at the sound quality and how much better than CD it is.
I now have around 600 LPs and a quality turntable. Vinyl rules!!!!
ljantiques 3 years ago 4
i never knew what a record or record player was till 2 years ago when i was 16
blueterrior 3 years ago
And now the CDs sales are going down loosing against lo-fi MP3 downloads! MP3 revolution means lower quality, too bad!
jeanleto 3 years ago
Most people - including myself - can barely hear the difference between an mp3 @ 128kbps and a typical CD.
However, I can usually hear the difference between a mediocre CD and a good vinyl or reel to reel recording.
bctvguy 3 years ago
MP3 128kbps is OK for on the move music when cycling, in the car etc. If you have a decent hi-fi and sit down you will ear the difference. You are right : a PROPERLY downsampled MP3 is tougher to distinguish from an original CD.
jeanleto 3 years ago
I do think vinyl sounds better, I am a huge collector. However, I do appreciate the convience of a CD, especially in the car
BRunk84 3 years ago 5
Exactly. CDs are the 8-track tapes of the 21st Century.
aldiakaroofus 2 years ago
Why CDs have been invented WHYYY! The people that buying CDs are just idiots,they don't know what is the real sound!
Deluxeta 3 years ago
Most of the recorded formats have their pros and cons, except 4 & 8 track tapes which to me were simply horrible. That format had been developed to play short radio commercials and later modified to play music in cars (before cassettes). In the middle of songs, the tape head would change and clunk to continue the same song on another track of the endless loop. Awful.
bctvguy 3 years ago
When I compared these two ,when I listen to the CD I was saying "WTF they where thinking?".For me Vinyls and Reel-to-Reel are the best support! We can't do better :D.
Deluxeta 3 years ago 3
Yes! Thank goodness for these idiots! They bought back their records in CD format, they held garage sales, took out all their vinyl records, and we bought them for pennies! :D
aldiakaroofus 2 years ago
Why can't vinyl enthusiasts give a single logical reason to choose vinyl over CD? All I hear about is the "warm" sound and the ridiculous hype over the artwork and the gatefold packaging.
jsnruf 3 years ago
i'll always prefer cd,i grew up with cd's, i guess most people who grew up with vinyl will always prefer vinyl and people who grew up with cd's will always prefer cd's. in all honesty, i dont know how the crcking sound you get from vinyl does not drive people insane, i cannot listen to it, it drives me crazy!
blueterrior 3 years ago
I hear what you're saying about being most comfortable with the technology you grew up. It's curious that at your young age you haven't embraced mp3s over CD.
For me - as a kid who grew up with vinyl - there was always something special about making the trip to the store to select it, buy it, bring it home, put it on the turntable and watch it play as I soaked in the wonderful ultra-realistic sounds from the big stereo console in my parents' living room.
bctvguy 3 years ago
funny. im a teenager who grew up with cd's and cassetes, and now im literraly obsessed with vinyl. i know what you mean about the cracking, it kinda makes you agitated, but the sound quality when the music is played is amazing. like the guy said. "a gift".
iamthegreatest1234 3 years ago
I can experiment by buying music thats new to me for a dollar a piece at thrift stores and garage sales.A lot of times its music not available anymore in any format.I also love the ritual of vinyl:cleaning records,trying different cartridges for different sounds.Its not rational,or efficient or logical.If you used logic,youd just masturbate instead of going through the pain,mess and inconvenience of love....
bimsie01 3 years ago
I alternate my iPod with playing some of the hundreds of LPs and 45s, still in mint shape! It is great to see vinyl is making a comeback with a vengeance! Wow! Now, that is true sound! I can't see why analog and digital cannot co-exist. Now, I only hope that the open reel will also return...I am playing mine now.
harryanchan 3 years ago
they always said"vinyl is final" back in the 1970s
zbenes674 3 years ago
And, let's not forget the beauty of ALBUM ART adorning the jackets of vinyl LPs.
It's so frustrating having to use a magnifying glass to check out the condensed art on CD cases.
Great news story! Thanks, bctvguy for uploading this broadcast!
pepnpanz 3 years ago 2
Not only I think vinyl records have better sound quality than digital music, but it's also very nostalgic. And I absolutely love that!
FonzieMeza 3 years ago 4
new vinyl and CD's sound the same =]
2DGUNNY 3 years ago
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"Trash those records, now we have tape!"
Just found this. Looks like RCA invented large format stereo audio cassettes that ran at 3 3/4ips in 1958 - 5 to 6 years before Norelco released its compact cassettes in
1963-64.
Marketing of the RCA's must have been awful.
I never heard of them before I stumbled on this YouTube video.
bctvguy 3 years ago
I Wonder What Those Kids Wil Think Of 78s?
glennmillerfan 3 years ago
I hope if Walt Disney Records will be re-releasing some vinyl from the Disneyland record library, this would be a lot of fun. Let's hope if Disney vinyl will be coming back soon.
Maybe they should put "High School Musical" and "Hannah Montana" on vinyl.
BrooklynMouse 3 years ago 3
I doubt that they will release any new stuff on vinyl but old Disney records are often available in larger used book stores or on ebay.
bctvguy 3 years ago