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Topic: Question about Nothingface
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pppaaaüüülll
VoivodFan
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posted September 24, 2014 06:34
    
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Originally posted by dotrot_thrash:
No skips on my copy either. Did you get it sorted out?
It was a matter of weight on the needle..
Thank ou for asking... How have you been?? Not much going on here.  -------------------- trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr
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Paulie 88
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posted September 24, 2014 23:24
It's a relatively long album for vinyl, just a hair under 48 minutes. In order to fit extra length onto vinyl, they need to put the grooves closer together (and in order to do *that* they have to drop the db level significantly). When the grooves are closer together, and not as deep, they're going to be more susceptible to damage / skips. There's been a little bit of improvement since the time Nothingface came out, but most of the standards still apply - And laquer cutters who are worth their salt will stay within the industry standards.I have sadly never owned Nothingface on vinyl, but being a digital recording, there is no audio advantage to having vinyl of it - It's simply an analog format of a series of 1s and 0s. It'd be nice to have it as the fetish item that it is, though. I vastly prefer the larger packaging. Best,
PAULIE -------------------- Voivoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood!
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X-D
VoivodFan
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posted September 25, 2014 10:37
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Originally posted by nothingface:
I did a side by side comparison of Target Earth on vinyl and CD when it first came out. The CD was louder, but the vinyl has infinite headroom in comparison. The CD feels like it has a low ceiling.
I haven't done a side by side comparison of the two formats, but disagree that the CD does not have any head room. I've often thought that the Nothingface album was prime example of good digital recording techniques and ideal CD mastering. The CD is spacious and full and sounds light years better than most CDs from the era, or since then, really. Not saying the vinyl doesn't have different qualities, just saying that the CD is pretty much the format that the album was targeted at when it was made. If you want to talk vinyl superiority, then I'm with you 100% in regards to Killing Technology and Dimension Hatröss, both of which sounds awesome on vinyl, but thin and not as good on CD, especially KT! -------------------- I am a robot... bleep blop bloop
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