Vinyl rules ...... But

Shyner

You have to turn it over

I'm so tired my feet hurt i can barely move

Cds are ok. 

23scidoo

A cd is like bad acid..

Pap

23scidoo said:

A cd is like bad acid..

http://frikipaideia.wikia.com/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%AC

23scidoo

Pap said:

23scidoo said:

A cd is like bad acid..

http://frikipaideia.wikia.com/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%AC

You know..lol..

Pap

^

F Me In The Brain

There is a definite time and a place for an iPod.

mrussel1

I think cd's are the worst format.  You have to store them, but they don't sound a lick better than lossless digital.  I retired my cd player and ripped all my cd's at least 10 years ago, when I got my first Squeezebox.  
And I agree Ipods are great, particularly for cars.  Bluetooth audio is fantastic in a vehicle, or even better, a little 64gb USB is the best.  It sounds 100x better than Sirius, which is just awful.  I have it and use, but I can barely listen to PJ radio because it sounds so bad.  

mrussel1

Oh yeah.. vinyl is the best..... hands down.  

F Me In The Brain

I remember when I got my first squeezebox.
I was 16.....those were the.....wait, what were we talking about?

hedonist

F Me In The Brain said:

I remember when I got my first squeezebox.
I was 16.....those were the.....wait, what were we talking about?

Though I have no means to play our vinyl or cd's, I refuse to part with them for purely sentimental reasons.

Wobbie

vinyl is nothing but an overpriced money grab. you need dog hearing you tell any difference from a good ol' CD. plus, vinyl is problematic in a vehicle.

rgambs

Wobbie said:

vinyl is nothing but an overpriced money grab. you need dog hearing you tell any difference from a good ol' CD. plus, vinyl is problematic in a vehicle.

I agree.
Also, if you don't shell out for high quality equipment, there's no difference worth noting.
Who has a car stereo system that is good enough to tell an MP3 from a CD?  Do adults still buy after market car stereos?  I thought that perished in the flames of Woodstock '99

mrussel1

rgambs said:

Wobbie said:

vinyl is nothing but an overpriced money grab. you need dog hearing you tell any difference from a good ol' CD. plus, vinyl is problematic in a vehicle.

I agree.
Also, if you don't shell out for high quality equipment, there's no difference worth noting.
Who has a car stereo system that is good enough to tell an MP3 from a CD?  Do adults still buy after market car stereos?  I thought that perished in the flames of Woodstock '99

You don't need to buy a crappy looking alpine or Pioneer when you can get Bowers or Bang & Olufson in some vehicles.  And yes,  a cd is better than mp3 in that environment.

But that's not really the argument.  It was about vinyl.  And yes you're right,  you have to shell out $ for audiophile equipment.  If you're playing a low end TT into a Sony avr and Pioneer speakers,  then you probably wouldn't heart a difference.  But if you have a good setup,  you will. 

rgambs

I'm poor as fuck so, yeah, the junk stuff works for me lol

Wobbie

for those who don't know, I'm a "get off my lawn" kinda guy.

my buddy has a high end nakamichi system but his wife won't let him play it loud

hedonist

Wobbie said:

for those who don't know, I'm a "get off my lawn" kinda guy.

my buddy has a high end nakamichi system but his wife won't let him play it loud

NO FUCKING WAY.

mrussel1

He needs a bad system or a better wife. 

Wobbie

mrussel1 said:

He needs a bad system or a better wife. 

I know a lot of wives with "turn it down" syndrome. I might even be married to one

mrussel1

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

He needs a bad system or a better wife. 

I know a lot of wives with "turn it down" syndrome. I might even be married to one

My wife thinks it's an excuse to go shopping.

dankind

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

He needs a bad system or a better wife. 

I know a lot of wives with "turn it down" syndrome. I might even be married to one

My wife thinks it's an excuse to go shopping.

Oh sure, honey. You like to touch that knob!

mrussel1

dankind said:

mrussel1 said:

Wobbie said:

mrussel1 said:

He needs a bad system or a better wife. 

I know a lot of wives with "turn it down" syndrome. I might even be married to one

My wife thinks it's an excuse to go shopping.

Oh sure, honey. You like to touch that knob!

She uses a glove for both...

hedonist

Don't make me post the Diner scene.

Wobbie

"it" for my wife is volume; dan's wife turns down sex. who can blame her?

F Me In The Brain

Wobbie, that is why you listen through headphones.
For me, it is less about the sound and more about the experience.
I have my JMXO vodka rocks.
I have my headphones.
Family is all in bed - and I engage with the music.  It is loud - very loud - and I hold the jacket in my hand, feet up on my desk, chair leaned back.  
This format makes it so I feel compelled to listen to the whole album, or at worst the side of the album, and I feel like I am a kid again.
I hear all of the things I miss when I am rocking out and working, driving, cooking, or fucking.
It is about the music, and really not much else

Many times I have the liner notes there....and I read the lyrics as I hear them.

I get that it is not for everyone.

Works for me.  

I'm relatively new to the "game" and have spent thousands.

I know a guy whose entire garage is filled with records and looks like a record store.  He has been collecting for nearly 30 years and he swears he has paid more than $15 for a record only a small number of times.  Most of his records were garage sale / flea market type purchases for a buck.

I clean them.  Before I start each record I methodically clean again with 2 types of brushes, and then I clean the stylus.

I feel ready; to listen.

To each their own, of course.  

I'm going to listen to an album right now....and I'm going to enjoy myself.

F Me In The Brain

mrussel1

F Me In The Brain said:

That looks suspiciously like a Newbury Comics special.  

I don't listen through headphones, but I like to listen loud.  When I finished my third floor, I put a special sound deadening barrier down before I laid the wood (ha!).  And then I installed an exterior door (insulated) rather than an interior.  The result is that my wife and kids can't hear anything down below up to about -15 db, which is plenty loud.  
It's 10:30 now, so I think I'm going to listen to my new Albini mastered 45 of In Utero.  Haven't opened it yet.  

mrussel1

hedonist said:

Don't make me post the Diner scene.

can't have too many Animal House references.  

F Me In The Brain

mrussel1 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

That looks suspiciously like a Newbury Comics special.  

I don't listen through headphones, but I like to listen loud.  When I finished my third floor, I put a special sound deadening barrier down before I laid the wood (ha!).  And then I installed an exterior door (insulated) rather than an interior.  The result is that my wife and kids can't hear anything down below up to about -15 db, which is plenty loud.  
It's 10:30 now, so I think I'm going to listen to my new Albini mastered 45 of In Utero.  Haven't opened it yet.  

Yah, I think it is.  Serious nostalgia for this one...my buddy in college had a record player and after we watched Res Dogs (on a sneak peak at USC) he couldn't stop talking about the soundtrack and bought it as soon as he could.  Heard it 1000x, easily. 

I didn't have it and when they posted this for sale it made an easy grab. 

F Me In The Brain

And, I would love to crank it up loud, but really...what I realized when I started listening through headphone was that it was very intimate.  I have listened to loud music alone in a room many times - for me, the cans are a really cool way to digest it.

I'm not an audiophile - I will leave that to you and @lolobugg -- I will continue to be the caveman idiot who loves to pop on the cans and enjoy his music.  No measurement here -- just an enjoyment factor.  (And that is 10x)
Love it.

Wobbie

I'm listening to amercan pickers thru headphones......does that count?

I do have plans for tne hold steady thru headphones.....should not be tonight, cuz I'm drunk.

F Me In The Brain

I'd like that album through cans but I don't have it yet. 

American Pickers is.....not for me.