Pick of the pops.....

[simon the viking]

Right now... 13.50 22/3/14 Tony Blackburn is hosting pick of the pops on Radio 2 and it is an all vinyl edition.....

Is it my imagination or does the music sound warmer with better tones (not clearer just warmer) than C.D's and Mp3's that radio stations use as the norm now days....

Just asking?

 

[ufkacbln]

Digital takes up space

So to reduce this space the decision was made to cut off the top and bottom ranges that were outside the v average hearing range

Albums used to be 45 minutes because that was all the music it could hold

To put the same on a CD meant 90 minutes and hence the compromise in quality
MP3 is this cropped format and hence the lower quality

 

[simon the viking]

Digital takes up space

So to reduce this space the decision was made to cut off the top and bottom ranges that were outside the v average hearing range

Albums used to be 45 minutes because that was all the music it could hold

To put the same on a CD meant 90 minutes and hence the compromise in quality
MP3 is this cropped format and hence the lower quality

A logical explanation that would indicate that NO I wasn't imaging it then!

 

[raleighnut]

Digital takes up space

So to reduce this space the decision was made to cut off the top and bottom ranges that were outside the v average hearing range

Albums used to be 45 minutes because that was all the music it could hold

To put the same on a CD meant 90 minutes and hence the compromise in quality
MP3 is this cropped format and hence the lower quality

You are actually nearly right but its actually CD cropped below 20 hz cropped above 20khz Mp3 is cropped the same but then compressed/expanded which further degrades sound quality further as do WMA files. The explanation given by the record companies is that the majority of people cannot hear beyond this range and what is true is that the mainstream "HiFi" set ups do not produce these frequencies but high end audiophile equipment does have the capability, which gives a more normal warmer tone to recordings. Needless to say the quality of BBC transcription turntables and cartridges is hard to beat but it can be done although the cost can be eye watering (bit like top notch carbon cycles) these then need to be matched to amplifiers and loudspeakers of similar quality. Funnily British companies are still world leaders in this field with companies like Linn, Radford, Naim, Bowers and Wilkins, Sugden,Quad and countless others

 

[Over The Hill]

If you are listening to pick of the pops then you are probably of an age where you are not going to hear the top range. I was listening too but I am sure someone said that the BBC don't have turntables any more. So I am guessing they may be playing recordings of the vinyl tracks.

Saturday is great Brian Matthew and then Pick of the pops.
Four hours being dragged round the shops in between was not so much fun.

 

[simon the viking]

If you are listening to pick of the pops then you are probably of an age where you are not going to hear the top range. I was listening too but I am sure someone said that the BBC don't have turntables any more. So I am guessing they may be playing recordings of the vinyl tracks.

Saturday is great Brian Matthew and then Pick of the pops.
Four hours being dragged round the shops in between was not so much fun.

I'm in my mid 40's.... I have been known to appear deaf..... but that is usually when Mrs V is talking to me

 

[the_mikey]

I listened to pick of the pops today and I did detect a lack of digital remastering on the tracks played.

 

[biggs682]

you will be listening to Terry Wogan next on a Sunday

 

[MontyVeda]

I'm in my mid 40's.... I have been known to appear deaf..... but that is usually when Mrs V is talking to me

You don't know she's a member of CycleChat do you?

 

[ufkacbln]

If you are listening to pick of the pops then you are probably of an age where you are not going to hear the top range. I was listening too but I am sure someone said that the BBC don't have turntables any more. So I am guessing they may be playing recordings of the vinyl tracks.

Saturday is great Brian Matthew and then Pick of the pops.
Four hours being dragged round the shops in between was not so much fun.

Motorhead, ACDC, Led Zep and other bands of my youth saw to a degree of hearing losses

 

[Yellow Fang]

I bought a Neil Young vinyl LP last weekend and was irritated that one or two tracks sounded a bit distorted. A bit rich considering Neil Young kicked up such a fuss about CDs when they came out. There is something about vinyl though.

 

[the_mikey]

I don't miss end of side distortion.

 

[Pale Rider]

So I am guessing they may be playing recordings of the vinyl tracks.
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Tony Blackburn said a few time it was an 'all vinyl' show and how playing spinning records took him back.

He made another quip about 'only me and Jonnie Walker left now who know how to do it'.

Top man, our Tone, and he can still be a little bit controversial.

The newsreader mentioned Arsene Wenger's 1,000th game in charge of Arsenal.

"I've done about 13,500 programmes," said Tone. "So I'm not impressed."

 

[Accy cyclist]

Motorhead, ACDC, Led Zep and other bands of my youth saw to a degree of hearing losses

The same here, i wore headphones for years with the volume at full belt! It saved the hassle of neighbours and parents complaining. I haven't worn them for years but i need the subtitles on the telly most of the time.

 

[Colin B]

My 10 year old daughter found an old 45 b52's rock lobster in a cupboard and brought it to me and asked what it was . Spent 3 hours finding and setting up an amp ,deck and speakers ,but the look on her face when she heard music was priceless she then said is this how they listened to music in the olden days lol