"RobH" wrote in
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Chesney Christ" wrote in message
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A certain Keith G, of uk.rec.audio "fame", writes :

One point worth a mention is that a lot of people get a buzz off
their
vinyl
whilst using distinctly 'lo-fi' kit which, of course, does not
reproduce
a
fraction of the 'vinyl artefacts' that drive one or two on this
group
into
such a frenzy.

A lot of people get a buzz off CDs in the same conditions. A lot of
people get a buzz off a £20 Bush radio bought out of Argos. As I was
saying to that other chap a few days ago, the vast majority of the
listening public don't care what the music is coming out of, and
they
aren't fussed by terrible sound.

Anyone here ever heard a café jukebox from the good ole daze?
Ever hear any 'pops' or 'tics'?

I can't comment on that. But I never hear pops/tics on dance music
when
it's played really loud in a disco. Of course (a) it's so loud that
it'd
drown out the tiny sounds and (b) it's recorded at a really wide
pitch
on the vinyl. Sounds fine, except you can only get five minutes or
so of
audio on each side

I sympathise if they get on your tits, but it really does disappear
with
time.

It's always there, on the disc. The only way it can disappear is
when
your ears stop hearing it. And at that point, you have to ask what
other
things your ear can't hear either.


Well, the thing with 'vinyl artefacts' is that a) you can do a lot to
reduce
them to virtually zero (Brazilian music playing right now - bags of
'mucho
gusto', some fairly wacky percussion, whistling etc but not much
evidence of
'pops and tics'....) and b) it either bugs you or it doesn't.....

Pity the poor unfortunates that like to listen to solo instrumental
music who can't hide the "vinyl artefacts" by simply turning the volume
up.



If they can't or won't clean their records and the tics bug them too much
maybe they should consider the necessary trade-off and move to CDs
then.......

(TNSTAAFL)