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Title: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: ThePianoMan on 30 Jan 2011, 20:53

I was listening to Ricardo Villalobos's Alcachofa today on CD, and I realized how much better it sounded than the mp3 rips of it I normally listen to--almost a night and day difference. If I had heard it on mp3 first, I don't know if I would have ever gotten into it; it sounds so much flatter. For most albums I don't notice such a big difference, but here it was really obvious.

Anyone know of any other albums that just don't translate well onto mp3? Really spacious, hi-fi stuff?

Title: Re: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: JD on 31 Jan 2011, 11:23

Jay Reatard sounds pretty great on vinyl.

Title: Re: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: Vuk on 31 Jan 2011, 12:22

I recently got the vinyl of Minus the Bear's OMNI, and it is 100x better than any recording I've heard of it. They really did a fantastic job with it.

Title: Re: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: valley_parade on 31 Jan 2011, 12:56

Boris At Last: Feedbacker.

Amazingly better on vinyl.

Title: Re: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 31 Jan 2011, 14:18

Most ambient stuff I listen to - Xela, Grouper, Eluvium, and Svarte Greiner come immediately to mind although there's a bunch of others - sounds better on vinyl to me. Somehow they're deeper, more expansive sounding.

Title: Re: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: scarred on 31 Jan 2011, 14:40

HEALTH - DISCO2 sounds far better on vinyl.

Title: Re: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: StaedlerMars on 31 Jan 2011, 16:18

Yeah it really does.

I'm really enjoying the Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl Ballads vinyl that I got the other day. It feels a lot more real on vinyl.

Title: Re: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 31 Jan 2011, 16:22

i still maintain that the only way to listen to Nirvana's "unplugged in new york" is on cassette tape.

it just feels phony on cd, i don't know why. it SOUNDS pretty much the same but it just doesn't feel quite right

Title: Re: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: Catacombs on 31 Jan 2011, 21:14

Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver and any of the Black Keys albums all sound excellent on vinyl.  I can't help but think most things sound better on it.

Title: Re: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: Dazed on 31 Jan 2011, 22:18

Yes' Fragile and Close to the Edge never sound quite right in .mp3

Title: Re: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: StaedlerMars on 01 Feb 2011, 03:59

You guys should all read Perfecting Sound Forever by the way.

Title: Re: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: StaedlerMars on 01 Feb 2011, 15:02

I've been meaning to read it again, but I lent it to a friend a while ago and haven't gotten it back yet, I'm going to prod him for it.

Title: Re: Stuff that you have to hear on CD/vinyl?
Post by: ThePianoMan on 02 Feb 2011, 13:30

Quote from: StaedlerMars on 01 Feb 2011, 03:59

You guys should all read Perfecting Sound Forever by the way.

Yes! Excellent book, really a pleasure to read.