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Originally Posted by **********
Sorry, but if you build an audiphile room (IE, spend lots of money on getting great sound), you'll waste your money by listening to Vinyl.
The "Warmth" people claim to hear is nothing more than time-based distortion (Known as "wow"), more inherent noise due to turntable rumble, low frequency feedback from the speakers (Boom sounds travel through the floor, up through the feet of the turntable, to the record and back to the needle), and lousy high frequency response especially with music near the inner groves.
Real audiopphiles prefer CD's because for nothing else, the sound is much closer to the sound the musicians want with no his, crackles, or other distortion (unless purposely added).
By all means, buy albums because they're fun to have and because you "like" how they sound, but don't kid yourself: They can never sound "better" than CD's.
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Although I should be theoretically able to confirm or deny what you claim since it was my original college education, I have no clue never looked into it.
That's exactly it - I like how it sounds and hate polished / remastered sound, very few records that were made in the CD era are sounding unique because of their sound
Example - Portishead - they have some of the most unique dirty sound I know
Then you have the jazz label ECM - most incredible clear sound setup and mixing I've ever heard, of course this is less loud and more expressive music
I still prefer old style of recording though, just saw a documentary on Jimi Hendrix experience's Electric Ladyland and the original producer played all the original tapes and how they mixed that, that was pure magic and extremely creative ways how to get the sound, like Jimi was taping his own background voice, reverse guitar sound that was recorded and then played slower.
Or say you want to put on Jerry Lee Lewis - NO ONE sounds like Jerry Lee Lewis, yet I can feel the intensity twice as much on his old records captured in the 50's, it's like if you felt the electricity in the air on those, the new sound mixing with his latter records just doesn't do Killer any justice