Yes Bob i am familiar with ALL Linn products in the early 80s my turntable was an Oracle Delphi and my best friend had a Linn LP-12 in those days i was into disco and my friend was an audiophile for me the serious stuff started in 1984.
Digital or analog? Breuninger says... and asks what says you?
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Yes Bob i am familiar with ALL Linn products in the early 80s my turntable was an Oracle Delphi and my best friend had a Linn LP-12 in those days i was into disco and my friend was an audiophile for me the serious stuff started in 1984.
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My next move will be the Ultrasonic cleaner Mike Lavigne raved about. It simply makes sense and will allow me to enjoy more from those treasured records..
I have one on order...Auto Desk Systeme....
When you spend a little time in jail, then you realy understand the meaning of freedom.
-----Ok, that's Kris' quote; and what's your own personal take on Freedom Myles? :b
...Or Liberty, Independence; same.
I have read that some vinyl guys have "learned" block out any of the issues with vinyl playback in relation to noise, especially clicks and pops and surface noise.
I say noise is noise, not music.
Robert Harley claims vinyl noise rides "on top" of the music, separate..while digital has "distortion"
is wound into the "fabric" of the music. I don't buy it.
For me, the final straw was on the mid 80's 4 out of every 5 records I was buying was either warped, or had massive inner groove distortion.
While audiophile, boutique pressings have taken care of these issues today, they come at unacceptable price..$50 for 60 year old Coltrane, or various Blue Note recordings?
Insane.
And the kicker is even THEN there is a known number of warped and noisy pressings, even with the attention to detail.
While audiophile, boutique pressings have taken care of these issues today, they come at unacceptable price..$50 for 60 year old Coltrane, or various Blue Note recordings?
Insane.
And the kicker is even THEN there is a known number of warped and noisy pressings, even with the attention to detail.
The pops and clicks of dirt and damage do. The rest of its distortions are so well integrated that its fans hear it as sound stage, resolution, dynamics...the list is long.
Tim
Linn was one of the first companies to introduce a "high end" digital streamer that Art Dudley raved about, btw.
Noise is a non issue for well sorted vinyl playback. Sure digital is quieter, but also much more strident and unatural sounding when we are talking music mastered on analog tape. I don't need to train myself to block out noise. It simply isn't there to any noticable degree as long as your records are Near Mint and clean, which mine are.
i can play vinyl for 4 or 6 hours straight and never hear a tick....and do it many times. sure; there are Lps i really love that have some ticks that i only listen when i'm by myself since there are some that get distracted by them. people who characterize vinyl as noisey are simply showing their limited exposure to high level vinyl. i'm never going to convince them otherwise unless i can get them to visit me.
and show conditions are about as poor as possible a place to form an opinion about how great vinyl can get.
Bruce B
WBF Founding Member, Pro Audio Production Member
Whenever I record vinyl from Mike's system I never have to use any restoration tools to remove noise or ticks/pops. High level vinyl IS quiet folks....
garylkoh
WBF Technical Expert (Speakers & Audio Equipment)
I'm the same. I don't hear the tick - the tick is likely to be there, but I just don't hear it. Strangely, when I digitize the vinyl, and play back the high-rez file, I do hear more ticks and pops. Going back to playing the vinyl, the tick is still there, but I have to listen for and wait for the tick.
I know that there are people who are irritated by the ticks and pops, and those guys should stick with digital. For me, I get carried away by the music more with vinyl than with digital. But there are many times too that I can get carried away by digital music. I probably spend more buying vinyl than I do CDs and downloads. If I can find the LP, I would prefer to buy that, but I won't miss out on an album I want because it is only available on CD.
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QUOTE: ( I know that there are people who are irritated by the ticks and pops, and those guys should stick with digital ) Agree 100% I am one of those guy's, 29 YEARS noise free cd,s.
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