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Do 180g vinyls sound better or is it a myth ?

After just recently getting into vinyl and buying a few albums I’m wanting to know opinions from like minded people. Does the weight of the vinyl make a difference to overall sound quality, and to add a bit more substance to the post, does it sound better than CD ?
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Steve
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paraneer
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 Does the weight of the vinyl make a difference to overall sound quality,

Absolutely not.  My best sounding records are not 180's.

and to add a bit more substance to the post, does it sound better than CD

Vinyl sounds different.  Not better.  In most case, I prefer the differences that vinyl offers though.

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stringreen
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I agree with paraneer....I prefer vinyl to CD, and found that my heavier vinyl sounds no better than regular vinyl.  So much is dependent on the production... I have recordings with claims to Nirvana in sound to be clearly inferior to regularly produced records.  Its a crap shoot.
melm
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1. Myth if interface of record to platter is good.  Best IMO to look for old records in good condition.

2. It depends mainly on your vinyl system and set-up.
wolf_garcia
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180 gram vinyl gives the listener a feeling that it "might" be better which in the mind of an audiophile means it’s better. It might not sound better…but it’s better anyway…exactly like the break-in period of your cryo treated wall plugs…after 2 months you think they sound better, so that’s better by definition. You simply feel better, and that’s all the better one needs. Plus, 180 gram vinyl LPs have the advantage of using more vinyl in the manufacturing process which keeps all that extra vinyl from going unused. You want globs of gross unused vinyl to pile up next to Little Johnny’s pre school? Choking the life out of Chilean Sea Bass? Sticking to your feet at the  Trump rally? No, you don’t.
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