atomicAdam
06-20-2010, 08:22 PM
So had an interesting experience with The National High Violet album.
A friend of mine got it on vinyl and brought it over to listen to on my system. Which is of course NOT an amazing turntable system, but it seems to hold it's own in the world of vinyl.
The fist thing I noticed when I pulled the vinyl out of the sleeve was how damn thick it was. I mean really thick. Way thicker than the "180g" pressing vinyls I have. In fact, you could probably use it to flatten other thinner warped vinyls it was so damn thick. So, i knew, being this way, it would throw the angle of the stylus off and might sound...well...not up to par. And WOW was I right. Talk about a muted let down.
So later that day when I was near Rhino Records I stopped in to get the same album on CD. Now I've done the CD vs. Vinyl test at home before with mixed results, but generally I tend to like the vinyl version better for the wider soundstage and fuller sound. For instance, My Bloody Valentine Loveless on vinyl sounds a lot better than the CD. But, conversely, my Dark Side of the Moon vinyl tends to sound a bit worse than the CD. (though as a side note I haven't tried that w/ the Electrocompaniet PSB-1 bookshelf speakers and PC-2 amplifier yet...and I think it might sound better than it did w/ the Monitor Audio RS6 and JRDG102s combo because when I played another vinyl yesterday that tended to have too much sibilance on one song with the RS6/JRDG combo, it was way more under control with the Electrocompaniet set up...by I digress) Anyways....
I put on the CD and it was was like lifting the burka off the album. I could hear the poor engineering, or artistic engineering I suppose one could say if they are being art house. But it is def a time where the CD outshines the vinyl in my system.
So, umm...the point would be... well... I guess get the CD if your stylus isn't set up to play super thick vinyl.
A friend of mine got it on vinyl and brought it over to listen to on my system. Which is of course NOT an amazing turntable system, but it seems to hold it's own in the world of vinyl.
The fist thing I noticed when I pulled the vinyl out of the sleeve was how damn thick it was. I mean really thick. Way thicker than the "180g" pressing vinyls I have. In fact, you could probably use it to flatten other thinner warped vinyls it was so damn thick. So, i knew, being this way, it would throw the angle of the stylus off and might sound...well...not up to par. And WOW was I right. Talk about a muted let down.
So later that day when I was near Rhino Records I stopped in to get the same album on CD. Now I've done the CD vs. Vinyl test at home before with mixed results, but generally I tend to like the vinyl version better for the wider soundstage and fuller sound. For instance, My Bloody Valentine Loveless on vinyl sounds a lot better than the CD. But, conversely, my Dark Side of the Moon vinyl tends to sound a bit worse than the CD. (though as a side note I haven't tried that w/ the Electrocompaniet PSB-1 bookshelf speakers and PC-2 amplifier yet...and I think it might sound better than it did w/ the Monitor Audio RS6 and JRDG102s combo because when I played another vinyl yesterday that tended to have too much sibilance on one song with the RS6/JRDG combo, it was way more under control with the Electrocompaniet set up...by I digress) Anyways....
I put on the CD and it was was like lifting the burka off the album. I could hear the poor engineering, or artistic engineering I suppose one could say if they are being art house. But it is def a time where the CD outshines the vinyl in my system.
So, umm...the point would be... well... I guess get the CD if your stylus isn't set up to play super thick vinyl.