is it true that picture discs sound worse?

[Kaboom]

i read somewhere (the wikipedia, i think) that picture discs are noisier and hissier because of the picture layer. Is this so?
thanx!

[BRANDONH]

i read somewhere (the wikipedia, i think) that picture discs are noisier and hissier because of the picture layer. Is this so?
thanx!

I have two picture discs.
The first: Marilyn Manson 10 inch 45 rpm "This is New S^%T" it sounds great.
The second: Metallica "Ride the Lightning" 12 inch 33 rpm it looks really cool but sounds like S^%T.
There is no depth to the music at all and it very noisy. I hate it.
I guess it all depends on who presses them.

[NuttyBuddy]

I had a Bob Welch "French Kiss" picture disc at one time and it played horribly from the get-go.I remember being told it was due to the clear vinyl not having the sound qualities of black vinyl. They're better for framing rather than playing.

[Woochifer]

Yup, very true. The picture discs I heard back in the day were uniformly inferior to the black vinyl versions. They were noisier and the overall sound quality was a big step down. They're primarily collectibles for the images, not because they sound great.