[Heeplist] Heeplist] Heeplist] Analog music recording

[DAVID M SHERROD]

Yep, to be truthful these days if I can hear it I'm pretty happy, I'm just lucky to have a place to live and food to eat, I can't worry about the rest, and before I go to far I'll end this post, enjoy it while you can before it all ends. Dave S.

Iain Barnes <i.barnes3 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>Thats a great point about new vinyl and old vinyl.  When I purchase the more 
>recent albums on vinyl I'm always slightly disappointed with the sound but 
>if I play a 40 year old Heep classic the sound is far superior to a vinyl of 
>today.
>
>Iain
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: DAVID M SHERROD
>Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 8:02 PM
>To: Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
>Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Heeplist] Analog music recording
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>It's always interesting to read about different sound, like Ian I never had 
>high end equipment, but am very picky about sound, I need edge and I need 
>deep but not booming bass, I can't stand distortion on the full sound, only 
>instruments intended to be distorted, a lot on new age recordings seem to 
>have distortions that are added on after recording, I hate it. Overall vinyl 
>has a better sound, sadly it's only on older recordings that were recorded 
>in the analog era so it's a lost art. New recordings do not have that same 
>sound, sorry vinyl fans. I no longer play records, I don't have room or any 
>interest. What's funny is sound wise I don't like mp 3s but they are what I 
>mostly listen to and in fact sound better than any of my home CD players, 
>only in my car do I get the proper sound. I have always had my own ways of 
>listening to music, and adjust everything to how I want it to sound there is 
>no single setting that works because every recording I have ever heard has a 
>problem I need to fix to fit my ears. Dave S
>
>Iain Barnes <i.barnes3 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>The analogue digital debate always divides opinions.  For me the sound 
>>isn't
>>a massive thing simply because I can enjoy music on whatever it is played.
>>That may stem from I've never been able to buy high end equipment to really
>>notice the difference.  Saying that I still prefer to play vinyl if 
>>possible
>>simply because I like the whole package of having to get the record and 
>>take
>>it out of the sleeve and actually set in motion.  I like the big cover and
>>that smell, i guess it reminds me of my childhood when music seemed more
>>exciting upon discovery.  I look at album covers and may read the notes
>>whereas on CDs I very rarely do, infact with CDs I never play them.  I
>>usually rip them and add to computer and my trusty ipod.  My ipod is my
>>lifeline when out and about.  I play music on my ipod more than any other
>>format so you will never find me slating digital recordings.
>>
>>Iain
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message----- 
>>From: Igor Shveitser
>>Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 4:48 PM
>>To: Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
>>Subject: [Heeplist] Analog music recording
>>
>>I do 100% agree with Don on that,   and partially that is the reason for 
>>not
>>really loving most of the modern music Heep-related inclusive. The 
>>character
>>is different. I think, it was mid 80-s when classic rock was crucially
>>damaged by the way of recording and since then it only gets worse 
>>soundwise.
>>However, some albums are ok sounding to me. If we are still talking about
>>modern UH, Pip Williams' job was as close as they could get to quality
>>classic sound. The rest is tolerable, perhaps younger men will even rate it
>>higher than the 70-s LPs - for me it is simply not the case. Modern vinyls
>>make a little sense since everything is digital in studio but I do buy them
>>more willingly - form-factor means something as well as the fact that we
>>aren't limited here to kilobytes or any bytes at all as it is with CDs or
>>mp3s.
>>Cheers, Igor
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>Igor Shveytser
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