wetowne Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Well there's this : http://www.duy.com/product/duy-dad-vinyl/  🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I love the sound of vinyl... I dont like the pops and clicks... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Michael, aren't you the one that told me to get a Puffin from Shannon, if not i'm recommending you get one and turn on the magic feature, its awesome 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetowne Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 Why would a producer or engineer use this plug-in? I mean really, adding sound effects of pops, clicks and rumble to a clean recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubo Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 3 hours ago, wetowne said: Well there's this : http://www.duy.com/product/duy-dad-vinyl/  🙄 I have some beat up records I can play when I am longing for pops and clicks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Silly thing, but not as wacky as some of the special effects and takes on sounds that exist on vinyl Songs deliberately recorded in mono of stereo albums, mikes on 80's music that make the singer sound like she's in a speak easy in the 1920's. One of my favorites is car noises. Engines rumbling, brakes squeaking, vocals sounding like they are coming out of your car radio. I could go on and on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 7 hours ago, Schu said: I love the sound of vinyl... I dont like the pops and clicks... Sweet Vinyl Sugar Cube.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 A few songs would imitate that run in groove noise at the start of their own songs and then be dead silent (background-wise) for the rest of the cut. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezin' Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I like vinyl just as it is. And digital as well. Prefer the sound of a good pressing over digital however streaming is better than what passes for radio programming these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetowne Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 I threw all my vinyl in a dumpster in 1983. No regrets. I ripped all my compact discs to flac in 2020, once again, no regrets. I don't use anything that spins.(not entirely true. I have a cd player for when the internet is down, which is hardly ever.) Too much effort involved. I just tap on a screen now. Life is good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, wetowne said: I threw all my vinyl in a dumpster in 1983. No regrets. I ripped all my compact discs to flac in 2020, once again, no regrets. I don't use anything that spins. Too much effort involved. I just tap on a screen now. Life is good. I'm just the opposite. Three turntables, three R2Rs, many hundred LPs and CDs and yes streaming too. The Sugar Cube takes care of the pops and tics with no loss of musical content. Love the involvement with my media and watching those big reels spin.   3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetowne Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 I do miss tape to a degree. I had a NAD 6050C back in the day that was pretty good. Chrome tape with Dolby sounded OK. I used to record a lot of my vinyl onto cassettes. The two things about vinyl I hate is noise and the hassle. I will admit vinyl can sound superb. I had a few direct to disk pressings that sounded amazing, pure analog is closest to reality. But overall, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetowne Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 Anybody here still using cassettes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joecoulson Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Digital sources have really come up in SQ over the last 10 years. I think you will can have vinyl trounce all media, but you need quite a few $$ to do so. whereas with digital, the investment to get top end SQ is competitively lower. $3-5k gets you in the top end of digital reproduction (assuming the files are top quality) IMO you need to drop well over $10k to trounce that in a TT whole setup. (Table, needle, pre etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezin' Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Joecoulson said: Digital sources have really come up in SQ over the last 10 years. I think you will can have vinyl trounce all media, but you need quite a few $$ to do so. whereas with digital, the investment to get top end SQ is competitively lower. $3-5k gets you in the top end of digital reproduction (assuming the files are top quality) IMO you need to drop well over $10k to trounce that in a TT whole setup. (Table, needle, pre etc) Sounds like a good reason to mortgage the house to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parlophone1 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Vinyl still has a life in my opinion. Pops and clicks are inevitable but can be kept under control. Bad source will always be a bad source. A lot of negative opinion regarding LPs is connected with having heard bad or bellow average systems. Nothing new saying that vinyl require some involvement. When I first heard my 40 years old Philips GA 212 with NOS stylus connected directly to Onkyo stereo receiver phono input I was very disappointed. After that introduced was a good phono amplifier in between the two. Much better. Than Installed Ortofon 2M red cartridge. Better, but after a few months I have realized that alignment was not perfect. After realigning the cartridge by myself I believe I have reached the reasonable sonic output of this setup. It is decent but my ears told me the sound could be further improved. Decided that I wont quit on vinyl and I purchased decent turntable with a decent MC cartridge, aligned by the technicians in the factory. Everything else remained the same. Again good amount of improvement. I feel no need for much improvements after this, but of course there is room for that in the future. To put things in perspective, this vinyl setup can be compared with good digital setup and at the same time tick all the boxes that I like in vinyl. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEH Synergy Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 On 11/2/2021 at 5:21 AM, geezin' said: Sounds like a good reason to mortgage the house to me. 10k you need to mortgage your house? Ouch, I wish my property taxes were less than that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezin' Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Sorry my finances aren't up to your standards. I'll try harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 On 10/30/2021 at 10:56 AM, Tarheel said: and watching those big reels spin  I don't have them anymore but that was always a nice thing to see. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 On 10/29/2021 at 12:04 PM, wetowne said: Well there's this : http://www.duy.com/product/duy-dad-vinyl/  🙄 Finally clicked link. Thought it a joke at first. Still a joke. Nothing like the reel thing. ☕ Sure it sounds good. What is real... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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