The very best sound: Direct to Disc

I was also wondering if anybody else finds 45 RPM albums to be too noisy?

i’d say you have to be more specific about 45rpm albums. and not all turntables are created equal.

i likely own 95-99% of all the 45rpm albums out there (1500+) produced in the last 25 years, as well as most from earlier eras, and they are very quiet as a group. OTOH since the record is traveling at a higher speed, the lead-in grooves and between cuts will have slightly more ’noise’. but the signal to noise ratio of the musical data is better than 33rpm since there is ’more’ data. the noise recedes farther into the background, more detail and nuance emerges, and more music comes out.

but if your turntable is not quiet (more rumble and flutter or actual motor noise) at 45rpm, which some are not, then, of course, that is what you will hear. obviously the better turntables will be quieter at the higher speed.

and........if you are referring to the 70’s and 80’s 12" singles and ’dance’ re-mix 45’s, those are a crap shoot as the quality is all over the board. many are a mess and noisy. they were generally not mastered and pressed with great care. a few though, are very quiet.

transnova,

Funny you should mention this. I have a few Angel Sonic Series 45rpm’s and all are fairly noisy.. Other discs I have of 45rpm are not.

Dear @bdp24 .""" Keltner’s playing is good, but Tutt choked a little.."""

after your post I posted: """ but for some reason I like a little more the Keltner instrument sound especially cymbals...."""

Over my audio life and with focus in live MUSIC I developed/builded what for me and my friends is a good wide frequency high resolution room/system to achieve the best MUSIC quality I can according my ignorance levels.

Well, yesterday i listened twice my Sheffield Drum Record that I didn’t listen from several months now and I confirm with out doubt what I posted and that the Keltner track is superior to the Ron one that’s good but at the Keltner one.
The Keltner kick drum has an impact as has to be ( I listened at 95dbs level at seat position . ) that the Ron just has not.
In the LP inside page information by the producers says that the Ron goes lower and yes goes a little lower but with out the rigth impact. Down there says too that the snare drum in Ron instrument has an additional microphone and has darker sound than the Kelter snare drum and says too that the Zildjian cymbals in the Ron instrument is sweet than the Kelter ones and any one can hear exactly all those if the system has a wide frequency response and resolution to.

The improvisations in the Keltner work are way alive against the " darkness " in the Ron improvisation track. Where the Ron track is a little more detailed and precise is when he hits the near to center cymbals surface.

I think that the the frequency band response in the Keltner instrument is more equilibrated than the Ron one.

Any one of you that already own this Sheffield recording can confirm what I’m saying here and obviously that could be that I can be wrong but when I posted about was because my memory told me that because in the past I listened this LP very often and was part of my whole test/evaluation self system process.

bdp24, when you can have the time give a listen again.

Btw, the main engineer and lathe operator in the Sheffield D2D LPs were not the same in all the LP’s but different gentlemans.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

I haven't seen Buddy Rich "Class of '78" mentioned. I bought it new when it came out. Blew everything else I had at the time out of the water. Still sounds great today.

Btw, i picked up a sealed copy of The King James Version for 2 bucks at Second & Charles a couple of years ago. 

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