Favourite Music Format
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Posted by Baz Anderson, 09.09.2007 - 23:01
So which format of music do you purchase your music in? Forget mp3 websites, I am only concerning tangible formats of music here.
-Vinyls, LPs, records, whatever you want to call them - they are the daddy of the modern music format - large card packaging with large artwork, usually the packaging opens out and there might be a huge booklet if you're lucky as well. Unfortunately there are some problems whilst playing, you can't pause them for example also you cannot record onto them and they may be a little fragile as well. Some people seem to think they sound better than CDs, but this discussion can be re-opened in here if you like as well.
-The tape, it was smaller, lighter and you could record your favourite songs off the radio without anyone knowing (learning to predict when the guy would stop talking so you can press the record button at the right point). Unfortunately you never could fit a good booklet in, and the audio quality wasn't the best after a few listens as well as the possibility of your tape player actually eating the tape inside the cassette.
-Now we have the CD, small, light, reasonable sturdy, fits a maximum of 80 minutes and can even be bought blank to let us burn our own audio onto them. With the CD we are able to easily skip tracks and do all sorts of other things being digital lets us do.
I think it's pretty obvious the CD will win in this poll but the main interest lies in the discussion as to why one prefers the humble vinyl over the CD for example. Tapes seem to be extinct these days, but music is still today released onto vinyls as well as CDs.
Does the grand feeling of placing the needle on the edge of your spinning LP nullify the convenience of being able to pause, fast-forward and skip tracks, do you like the.. boxy qualities of the tape (yeh, I couldn't think of anything good about them either), or does the modern technology of the CD win it over for you?
Also - what will be next after the CD, or will we be using these foevermore?
Poll
Which do you prefer?
CD
68
Vinyl
10
Tape
1
Total votes: 79
| Abattoir Staff Posts: 3697  |
Yea, I vote for CD too, cuz I have never listened to any vinyls...but I would love to. It's quite a problem to get/buy a vinyl anywhere around. The tapes, nowdays, are mostly no longer in use...
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
Written by Abattoir on 11.09.2008 at 00:32 It may be different where you live, but I find most big cities have vintage music shops where they sell old Vinyl, thew trouble is finding specific albums on vinyl.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Abattoir Staff Posts: 3697 |
Written by Doc G. on 11.09.2008 at 00:35 Probably there is somewhere in the corner of our main city a store/or music shop with vinyls  But till now I didn't find it yet. As you alreadymentioned there would be quite difficult to find most wanted albums... Well, the second option would be probably the easiest thing to get it...web-shops. But, is it worth of it ? 
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718 |
Written by Abattoir on 11.09.2008 at 00:53 Depends who you ask, and what your set-up is like. If you've got a top-notch sound system with a nice player, then you'll be blown away by the sound, but if you dont it will probably be nothing special, and not worth the effort.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by BloodTears on 10.09.2008 at 14:03 Neither have I. And I am 100% sure that no-one inthe world has heard a 'vinyl cd'  
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Jason W. Razorbliss Staff Posts: 3523  |
You know, back when I was getting into music in the mid/late 1980s, I never once heard the term "vinyl." I always called them "records," or maybe, LPs. I only started hearing the term vinyl when bands stopped releasing things on vinyl - then it became a new term to my ears, sometime in the 90s - and when all the older college kids who thought they were cool raved about "vinyl" being better. At first - I really agreed. The original releases of CDs for bands I had on vinyl (Whitesnake being one I remember) sounded like crap on CD. The volume was too low, and the presence of bass or anything heavy was just gone. Now that I realize that CDs really haven't matured until the now 24bit processing standard, I realize that I was right - for a time. But yeah, records/LPs are great for original releases from pre-CD days I think, but of course they are impractical and must be cared for because they cannot be duplicated. Tapes I still like in terms of the physical format, but they always sounded bad, always were a bit "off" and most of the time had this warping effect that just destroys all enjoyment for me, no matter how good the player is. I do keep a stock of blank tapes though, as I enjoy the nostalgia of using them while in the garage where the sound quality is not so important CDs just happen to be the dominant form of digital physical forms - they are terrible in their design though, as they scratch easily and still cannot be left in the sun for too long. I have a few store purchased CDs that now have "rot" on the outside, meaning they will soon disintegrate and no longer play perfectly. Honestly, I hate physical formats. I DO enjoy the booklets in the "A5 digibook" size - or DVD size. But for this poll - I take CDs any day. The sound never degrades and with 24bit mastering, the sound is bigger than anything vinyl/LPs have ever offered for me personally. 
---- "After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.09.2008 at 01:15 I meant a vinyl you silly! And I'm sure you have!
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| Hamird Lieutenant Posts: 2564  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.09.2008 at 01:15 I have a "cd tape"... (joking)I think in 21st century it's reasonable to use cds... But there is one thing, Tapes have a special atmosphere.. I like it.. Psssssssssssssssssssssss, the sound in the background.. That's interesting for me. And of course reminds me my Sepultura tapes..
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| Janne Hugin Posts: 1721  |
I prefer CDs since I have nothing I can play tapes and vinlys with.
----  -FOLK METAL HUNGARY-
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| Dark Blood The Avenger Posts: 1435  |
Humm chosing one of those, I'd have to go with CD's. But in reallity, my favourite format is mp3.. actually I give much value to cd's, so everytime I buy a cd I convert it to mp3 to my hard disc, and I listen to the mp3. This also gives me liberty to transfere it to my mobile and carry it with me. Also in the car, I prefer to spend a cd and burn it with 6/7 albums.. this way I don't have to change the cd.. just the folder 
---- It is humanity who must pay homage to the greatness of the Universe... not the Universe to the human narcissism. 
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1365  |
I personally think CDs are easier to keep in good condition than the other formats, and they are the only one of the three formats which you can upload on to your computer and make into MP3.
---- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by CobiWan1993 on 14.10.2012 at 11:01 Mmm cassettes and vinyl can also be be transformed into MP3 and vinyl extremely easily nowadays with the USB record players which are on the market and extremely good. Hell, it just takes as long as a song/album lasts for it to become a MP3 (or whatever format) when you convert it.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1365 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.10.2012 at 11:37 Oh really? Interesting, I was thinking there might have been something to convert the other two formats but I wasn't so sure.
---- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by CobiWan1993 on 14.10.2012 at 11:40 I got a USB record player a month ago as farewell present from colleagues
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Branzig Posts: 891  |
Vinyl baby! Nothing sounds better! I collect, I love, I cherish!
---- In Grind We Crust
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| ANGEL REAPER Posts: 3687  |
This pool is incomplete ...where are semiconductors ? hard-drives ? come on ....
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| Hoff Posts: 8  |
CDs easily have the best quality and are more convenient, but at the same time they're cheap trash, still voted for CDs (even though I don't have any and all of my music is on my HDD) Vinyl records are decent quality at best, but there's something comforting about having a physical copy with you that can withstand an electromagnetic pulse from a nuclear explosion Tapes are trve
---- Mildly Clever
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| Edmund Fogg Posts: 1752  |
Physical: Vynil. I always go at my dad's house to listen to them. Digital: FLAC. Mp3s just lack essence, detail and "purity"
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| Fallen Ghost Craft Beer Geek Posts: 724  |
I voted for CD, cause that is what I have, and what I am listening to. But I am sure that the vinyl is good (that's what most vinyl-persons are saying at least)!
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9158  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.09.2008 at 01:15 5" record? Close enough
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9158 |
Cd's but I like tapes just for the history. Same with Vinyls. Just bought a Walkman, and I'm asking for a turntable for Christmas. So I've been buying mroe tapes and 7"er's because they're dirt cheap.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Boxcar Willy on 10.11.2012 at 02:17 I habe one of those anoying little things. A COffins split. If you have an automatic turntable it is impossible to play a 5" because the needle immediately goes up when it hits the vinyl. ANother annyoance is that there is zero to no run in groove.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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