IronHipstercan. Prog rock. You're doing it wrong

[Leetonidas]

And your "holy grail" of vinyl, which is a degradable medium, bows to the Super Audio CD.

2822.4 kHz sampling frequency, 120 dB of dynamic range, and frequencies up to 50 kHz.

Plus, it doesn't get worse every time you listen to it, and it doesn't depend on an easily movable reading signal (the needle) hitting just the right groove, nor can it be damaged by your drunken friend falling off the couch and causing it to drag across your disc when the floor shakes.

Don't talk hi-fi audio gear when all you can do is regurgitate the bull you've heard at your local stereo store. Do records sound good? Yes. Do they sound good enough to justify the massive inconvenience of not being able to port them around to listen to music? Maybe. Do you do them justice when you are putting the bass all the way up on your ty 1200 Watt Sony Home Theatre in a Box you bought from Best Buy? No ing way.

Bloated, overbearing speakers that blow the midrange out of any due proportion, tinny headphones, a receiver that can't even properly give you a flat audio response to allow your gear to really take advantage of what it's being dealt.... it all matters. Unless you have really decent audio equipment, you have no business talking about how good vinyl sounds.

A well-produced regular CD sounds fine, as long as the man on the soundboard knows WTF he's doing. Lossless audio is fine for an MP3 player, if you want audiophile quality on the go.

Man, all that noise son. A joint and a record player s on your new-age crap.

Unless you're on e...

[redzero]

[midnightpulp]

Oh, and don't try to front like you need some super advanced set-up to enjoy high-fidelity. Denon and Pioneer receivers from the 70s are still desirable in the audiophile community, and the pair of late 60s era 3ft tall Pioneer loud speakers (complete with woofers, mids, and horns), are just as capable as any KEFs, Infinitys, etc. In fact, those speakers, if I chose to sell them, would command similar prices as high end speaker sets of today.

Quote one audiophile, "Speaker technology hasn't changed much in the past 50 years."

[midnightpulp]

And another thing about SACD, the selection sucks and it's expensive. I really feel like paying 50+ for Velvet Underground and Nico when I can buy a 180g reprint for a quarter of that.

[midnightpulp]

Right here are my Speakers: CS-99A

http://cgi.ebay.com/VTG-PIONEER-CS-9...t_30567wt_1137

But I have a Sony Home Theater in a Box!!

[redzero]

Nice speakers.

[midnightpulp]

Nice speakers.

Not mine exactly. His are a notch better cosmetically. Mine have drink/glass rings and the like, but are still completely functional.

[Cry Havoc]

I'm aware of all that. Quit taking my playful troll attempt of Iron Mexican so seriously.

Now step off before I club you over the head with a Thorens.

Bahahaha. Got you riled up, didn't I?

[midnightpulp]

Bahahaha. Got you riled up, didn't I?

Not at all. Notice my Thorens joke.

[Cry Havoc]

Not at all. Notice my Thorens joke.

Imma kill u foo.

[thedong]

LOL this is the most hipster post everrrrrrrrrrr

[greyforest]

hooray for pops and clicks!

realpost: download 24-bit 192khz .flac

[midnightpulp]

hooray for pops and clicks!

realpost: download 24-bit 192khz .flac

Where can you find those?

How much music has been really remastered at that rate, anyway?

It's not like you can just go to any old torrent, type in your artist of choice, and find tracks of that quality.