![]() “Human ears are not precision instruments” that’s right but human brain has more perception. Why compare cd vs mp3 if they are both bad! Vinyl or 24/96 is another thing. I am glad that I’ve got some lively discussion going! I encourage you and everyone else that reads this to make up their own minds about what sounds best to them.Īnyway, thanks for the comment. That’s fine, because the only person’s opinion that matters when it comes to how something sounds is my own. If you didn’t have the spec sheet in front of you, would you really be able to discern such a small difference? Human ears are not precision instruments, and while it may be true that some humans can perceive smaller nuances in sound than others, it doesn’t mean that an especially perceptive human can make the same judgments as a precision instrument or computer.Īs for “proving that vinyl is better”, I have proven it to myself, but maybe other people aren’t convinced. The same argument is made with regards to MP3s (and other stuff too). I am skeptical of die-hard audiophiles who talk about how some piece of gear sounds better because it has. I’m not saying that there aren’t differences between a CD and 256kbps MP3 (there are), but the sound quality of 256kbps MP3s are good enough to mimic the sound of a CD, at least to a human. 256kbps MP3 files sound really good, and to be honest, I find it hard to believe that most humans can perceive the difference. And I don’t think that you just ‘proved’ vinyl is better than cd (although it has the potential to be) Why do you think vinyl is still a strong medium in the age of iTunes and Īnyone who can’t tell the difference between a 256kbps mp3 and a cd should not be writing any audio format comparison reviews. Rapid Transit: All of your releases thus far have only been on vinyl. Feral Kid Records Interview | Rapid Transit Radio Says:.Enjoy the music…in 45 RPMs!Ģ1 Responses to “45 RPM Vinyl LPs: Do They Sound Better?” If you find an album that you love, and it is available in the 45 RPM format, it’s probably worth picking up, because in addition to the theoretically better sound, it is also probably a heavier format, made with virgin vinyl, and may even include some nice extras. Too bad… I need to give the album another intense rotation or two to really get a feel for the superiority of the sound over CD, but again, this proves the theory (again) that vinyl really does sound better. However, I don’t have a 33 RPM pressing of the album to do a side by side comparison. I can tell you that it sounds WAAAAY better than the CD, and definitely better than the MP3. Whew! A lot of perception going on here…Īnyway, the album I purchased was one that I had only listened to on CD and MP3 up until a few days ago. I just purchased my first 45 RPM LP, and I can tell you that it sounds fantastic, but I can’t tell you if it sounds better than the same album pressed on a 33 RPM record. I can, however, tell the difference between a CD and a vinyl record. I can tell the difference between a 128 kbps MP3 and a 256kbps MP3, however I can’t tell the difference between a 256kbps MP3 and a CD. However, can humans perceive the improvements in sound? In my opinion, the jury is still out. It makes sense that a 45 RPM record sounds better than a 33 RPM record. Just like a computer must read through more data in a 256kbps MP3 than with a 128kbps MP3, a turntable stylus must pick up on more nuances and details in the record groove in a 45 RPM record than in a 33 RPM record. A 256kbps MP3 is said to sound better than a 128kbps MP3 because more data is contained in the file. This logic is also applied to digital music formats such as MP3s. So, what’s the big idea? It seems like these 45 RPM records are more trouble than they’re worth! According to audiophiles, the 45 RPM format sounds better because more musical data is fit into a smaller space than with 33 RPM records. While on a 33 RPM record, you can fit an entire album’s worth of music, 45 RPM LPs can usually only fit about 12-15 minutes of music on each side–usually not enough space for an entire album. These records play at a faster speed than the usual 33 RPMs of a standard LP, and because of this, are often doubles. While it’s true that many 45’s released are singles, there are also 45 RPM LPs out there. When most people think of 45 RPM records, they think of the small records often used for jukeboxes and singles. ![]()
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