Thanks for that insight J.C. Tom
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:43 AM, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: > I like you, fell victim to CD in the mid 80's but I was lucky > enough to "rediscover" vinyl around 20 years ago so I only strayed > from vinyl for about 5 years. With good gear and good records, vinyl > simply makes CD sound like what it is, a noise free, not audibly > distorted, but LOW RESOLUTION format. Add to that the fact that > there are way way more poorly mastered CD than poorly mastered > LPS and you have a format that never matches a good LP and often > doesn't even come close due to the poorer mastering problems.... > > -- > J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) > Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ > http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Tom C > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:47 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital > > > OMG!... sorry for, the OT... > > I know my observations, forthcoming, are not scientific and subjective > to the extreme... BUT... > > Like many, I got a CD player in the mid '80's and never looked back. The > apparent 0 background noise, no clicking, pops, dust, made me love CD's. > > My son told me two months ago that he was interested in vinyl records. > That's all it took to make me start looking around at vintage gear. I've > kind of stagnated on a mid 90's Technics all-purpose AV receiver, quite > well spec'd and all, with either Bose Acoustimass speakers and/or > whatever is installed in the ceiling of our home. > > I started out planning on giving him my early '80's Kenwood 30W/channel > system, amp, tuner, EQ, and getting a mint Technics TT and a better than > average cartridge. He would choose the loudspeakers. > > Well I went a small bit crazy. He also was interested in reel-to-reel, > something I always wanted, but I opted for cassette back in earlier > years for $ reason and because I could make a tape and play it in the > car. So I bought him a mint TEAC 3340S 4-track. My Kenwood system, > quite nice, but all I could afford at 21 yrs. old, does not accomodate > the necessary tape inputs/outputs, dubbing, etc., and has no speaker A/B > for a possible sub-woofer. So onto look at more amps. > > I bought him a nice used Denon 50W/channel receiver & perfect Pioneer CD > changer for $150. Then I saw a Kenwood KA-3500 40W/channel integrated > amp and got it for $31. I subsequently saw a 65W/channel late '70's > Pioneer integrated amp & tuner in mint condition with the silver fronts, > wood sides, Blue Fluoro meters, and analog tuning for $260 + shipping. > He liked it the best out of the bunch, and we got it. > > He had picked out some PSB (Canadian-made) speakers which are quite good > (also my pick of the affordable ones we demo'd) and which are due to > arrive. Meanwhile I found a pair of mid '80's B&W English-made speakers > for $100 and bought them undemo'd on a whim. > > I've sat here most of the day listening to some vintage LP'S (OK, 99% > Beatles with a little Nat King Cole, Chicago, Heart, Macca, and > classical thrown in). This is with a $31 amp, a vintage turntable and a > cheap Audio-Technica cartridge, and a 25 year old pair of speakers. > > I may never buy another CD again. The amount of musical detail I can > hear and the dynamics of the music (can't describe it any better) are > just superb. It sounds like real music and real voices. > > Likely the Pioneer turntable/cartridge and JBL tower speakers I could > afford when I was much younger were not as good as what I'm listening to > at the moment. Just the musicality of what I'm hearing on 20-30 year > old gear and on equally old vinyl LP's is astounding (I purchased 214, > played only once LP's + a 50w/ch Technics receiver, cassette deck, a 2nd > pretty good TT, and speakers (worthless), for $250). It was worth 2x-3x > more than that for the LP's alone. What I'm hearing is really better > than what I hear on CD or iPod. > > Simply amazed... not over-imbibed, just astounded. I got my hearing > back. > > In between all that I found a '80's Pioneer 100W/channel amp, tuner, EQ, > and timer for $95 in like new condition, which I got solely for the EQ & > timer. > > (I'm not going to tell you this led to me getting a mint Denon amp & > mint B&W speakers for myself... now looking for the right TT & tuner). > > It's not bad, living vicariously through your children. > > Tom > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
