Re: Belts are the accepted norm

In article <H7ednWOdhNtBTw_eRVn-ug@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Arny Krueger" <arnyk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Jenn" <jennconducts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:jennconducts-4DC8A7.22024303122005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > In article
> > <wEukf.8840$N45.8507@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > <nyob123@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> "Jenn" <jennconducts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:jennconducts-629B59.17182903122005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> In article <c7SdnZPsCN9O3w_eRVn-jg@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >>> "Arny Krueger" <arnyk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> "Jenn" <jennconducts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>> news:jennconducts-E63944.16555803122005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>> In article
> >>>>> <GvidnbLF1JB_nA_enZ2dnUVZ_tSdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Arny
> >>>>> Krueger" <arnyk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> "Jenn" <jennconducts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>>>> news:jennconducts-7BFFDA.10465403122005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>> In article <BPGdnQPd0q9gewzeRVn-jg@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >>>>>>> "Arny Krueger" <arnyk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> "Jenn" <jennconducts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>>>>>> news:jennconducts-1190C3.00052503122005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>>>> In article
> >>>>>>>>> <S_akf.9059$wf.8576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >>>>>>>>> <nyob123@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> "Jenn" <jennconducts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> >>>>>>>>>> message
> >>>>>>>>>> news:jennconducts-9C3BCA.20433802122005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>>>>> m
> >>>>>>>>>> ...
> >>>>>>>>>>> In article <MvKdnTwixsXpYg3eRVn-rA@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >>>>>>>>>>> "Arny Krueger" <arnyk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> "Bret Ludwig" <bretldwig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> >>>>>>>>>>>> message
> >>>>>>>>>>>> news:1133557651.742870.236500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> nyob123@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> All that to play inherently inferior
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> software.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Inferior to what? A 15 ips half inch half
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> track Ampex or Studer master tape? 35mm mag
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> film? Nagra-D digital? SACD? DVD-A? CD?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Cassette? Broadcast cart?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> All of the above.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Arny, you really believe that LPs sound worse
> >>>>>>>>>>> than cassette?
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> When's the last time you heard clicks and pops
> >>>>>>>>>> on a cassette?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Clicks and pops are your main criteria?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Tics and pops are the main reason why LPs sound so
> >>>>>>>> unrealistic. A good denoised transcription of a
> >>>>>>>> LP can pass for a mediocre CD. Of course the same
> >>>>>>>> is true for a cassette.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Except for instrumental and vocal timbres.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Agreed that cassettes and denoised LPs are not as
> >>>>>> capable of rendering instrumental and vocal timbres
> >>>>>> as CDs.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Except that they are often better than CDs at this.
> >>>>
> >>>> In the opinions of a few hundred vinyl bigots.
> >>>
> >>> "Bigot"? LOL I'm not a bigot; I'm simply a person who
> >>> is very familiar with the sound of instruments, and I
> >>> like to hear that sound from my hi-fi. Heretical, I
> >>> know.
> >>
> >> If you actually beleive that LP is better, you'd have to
> >> be.
> >
> > Not always, but quite often.
> >
> >> There's no
> >> "better" when you add noise.
> >
> > There's no better when the instruments or voices are
> > nearly unrecognizable.
>
> Thanks Jen for pointing out other serious problems with the
> LP format.

Yawn. It's all for good though... more records out there for those of
us who like the sound of music.
.

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