From: "J.C. O'Connell"
I forgot I had this turntable demo video online. I don't hear no stinkin
scratches,
tics, or pops on this demo video (not even one):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnqv2XjZVYs
(turn on your video annotations if not already)
OTOH, there's an audible hiss throughout the video ... present even
before the record starts. I expect that's from the amplifier/speaker
combination he's using, although it may be an artifact of his video
recording setup.
The thread seems to have gotten hung up in an argument over "good
enough" and a demand for perfection ... well, not only a demand for
perfection, but a demand that everyone else recognize the "perfection"
of one viewpoint over all others.
Vinyl can sound damn good if you have the right equipment.
So can CD audio. There are a lot of variables involved. Good quality,
well maintained CDs sound better than bad quality, poorly cared for vinyl.
I expect there's a whole lot more of the latter than there is of the former.
And digital audio is a lot more convenient when you just want background
music while you have to do something else.
What about if you DON'T have the right equipment? You have to decide if
you want to spend the money on audiophile stereo equipment ... or do you
want to spend it on something else?
Someone was bandying about the number $2500 for a good vinyl
reproduction system. Gotta' consider what else you might want to spend
$2500 on if you already have a good enough CD audio system?
Again, it all comes down to recognizing when good enough is good enough.
PS: FWIW, I do have the "right" equipment, Pioneer PL-L1000a tangential
tracking turntable going into a Onkyo receiver and output to a quality
set of Yamaha speakers. I can't remember what the cartridge is, but it
cost almost as much as the turntable.
The limiting factor for vinyl is the quality of all those old records,
which went to a lot of parties while I was in my teens & twenties. They
came through the 60s & 70s in just about the same shape I did ... even
after taking 'em to an audiophile record shop to have them specially
cleaned and sleeved at $20 a pop.
PPS: The "phile" in audiophile is short for "philistine".
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