Wife and kid are gone. I pick out two albums to go with my steak and wine and find out...

THE KID BUSTED MY SUMIKO BLUE POINT SPECIAL NEEDLE!

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Just get out the CD's and make do,,,, after enough of the wine, it really won't matter.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

Dangit that's what I'm doing.

Time for upgrade. That's his punishment!

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Think my homeowner's insurance will cover it?

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

That is awful! I know how it feels to want to listen to VINYL not a CD.
How old is the kid and what was he doing near the turntable? Mine knew not to go near the Marantz on pain of death

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"I have no convictions ... I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy"

Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Dang he's only five, but he knows, like most kids he knows but doesn't really know. Damn priveleged kids these days. Growing up I never even touched the casette player until I was like 12.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

What the hell is that?

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Why would yo want to listen to vinyl instead of a CD?

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

A good vinyl playback system beats a mediocre CD system anyday. Besides I have tons of good music on vinyl. If you listen to, say, the original Copland conducting his own Appalachian Spring on vinyl vs. the remastered CD I think you'd bow to vinyl too.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

I'll take your word on that. However, how would a good vinyl system compare with a good CD system?

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Vinyl feels warm and fuzzy.



CDs feel shallow and cold.

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

Aren't they just both discs? Of course I can fit a CD inside my jacket pocket but not vinyl.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

With vinyl you have the full waveform, with some distortion of course. With a CD you have two points and the best approximation of what's in between the two points. Depending on the sampler chip and the algorithm of the period that could be a straight line or a slightly curved best guess. So if you have vocals or other stuff with lots of high frequency harmonics like trumpets or violins the original waveform is significantly altered with digital.

In the 80's and early 90's most multitrack recordings were still done via analog. They were mastered to digital later. That means they were record with all the distortion of analog and later that distortion was once again approximated during the mastering process. Of course that could be minimized with good equipment like good mixing boards and good reel to reel multitrack recorders, but still, one channel biased a little hot or a drunk studio intern could severely impact the recording.

Anyway in general, CD's are better for techno like stuff with heavy bass. Vinyl is better on vocals and acoustic instruments.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

If the agent is a vinyl-head, maybe.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Digital is a cascade of ice cubes. Still amazes me that it works.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K