Hi i ve been wondering why my old vinyl can manage anything up 8 tracks per side but new vinyl can manage only 4 tracks.
New vinyl vs old vinyl records.
R b soul r b soul.
But the majority of today s new and re issued vinyl albums around 80 or more several experts estimate start from digital files even lower quality cds.
We explain the benefits of 180 gram vinyl to see if they are worth the premium price.
For example imagine dragons 1974 and monsters and men are stingy yet albums from the 70 s and 80 s are extremely comfortable fitting the entire album onto a single record double sider.
I thought they were just collectors items.
New vinyl that is 180g or 200g audiophile is usually quieter than old lps were when they were new.
Most new us vinyl i ve picked up in the last couple of years is noisy many records look battered when you take them out the sleeve.
Rca records branded these as dynaflex citing innovation in vinyl production.
When it comes to mastering i prefer an old pressing to a new one.
Rather than using only virgin vinyl they now began adding recycled scraps.
Are 180 gram vinyl records inherently better than standard pressings.
The center labels were removed from old records and the vinyl was then melted down and reused.
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Buying new records maxwell says.
Old lps were cut from analog tapes that s why they sound so high quality.
Blu ray disc blu ray disc.
Digital music as source for vinyl.
March 1 2017 at 5 15 pm i had no idea that the original pressings were higher quality.
Bits of paper were sometimes embedded in and around the edges of these wobbly new platters.
12 inch vinyl single 12 inch vinyl single.
Rap hip hop rap hip hop.
Writing for the wall street journal neil shah reported in his article why vinyl s boom is over that.
Stereo is relatively easy to tell the difference but are the pressings really that different.
I don t usually like the sound of digitally processed vinyl it can sound sterile.
2 thoughts on old vinyl record prices vs.
These audiophile grade albums demand high prices at record stores.
I can even hear it in 80 s and 90 s vinyl.
Many new vinyl record releases tout their selling feature of being pressed on 180 gram vinyl.