One of my favorite bands! Didn’t buy FI on vinyl yet. I will for sure, but it’s not my favorite. It seems like a continuation of ideas from Aenima that got a little bloated. Being a drummer, Danny gets the job done, but in some ways the whole thing becomes a Danny show. 10,000 Years particularly. It’s all good. To the couple of vinyl fools in the thread, they just don’t have the gear to really let the medium shine. Having said that, it is an antiquated tech for sure, but it still delivers with the new tech having the ability to pull out every nook and cranny of the groove. To each their own!
Fear Inoculum in Vinyl
Anybody else enjoying the vinyl edition of this great album ? I thought the CD was well recorded but to my ears the vinyl edition is much better. My vinyl playback and digital system are very close in sound quality with different presentations. I could do without the extras that pushed up the price but having said that if you like Tool and play vinyl this album is a must listen.
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I think it would be worthwhile comparing the vinyl vs. the CD based on the very different mastering. According to the DR Database, vinyl measures as having extremely low compression which should result in good dynamic range. The source tapes being analogue might make this ADD recording a treat to listen to. The CD and download mastered by RL has compression that is audible on my system. Even so, the digital is very well mastered. Thanks to @tallnotshort for the background details. |
To my ears, even a $1200 table w a $400 stylus surpasses a $5500 cd player in the form of more detail, accuracy of timbre and better tonality balance. Player dynamics has more to do with after the source. As far as "clicks and pops", unless there is damage to a record, I hear no clicks and pops during playback. Even a cheap record cleaner goes a long way for better vinyl reproduction. |
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I know the engineer on that record and it was recorded extremely well and sounds very good IMHO. He is the master at guitar sound and drums. He also recorded 10,000 Days. Hes done some Queens Stone Age records and Slipknot too. I think he is the single best rock engineer out there. He was featured in Sound City movie. Anyone watched that? OF course the LP sounds different from the CD! But why does one HAVE to be better than the other and why argue about two different delivery mediums that people use? They are different surely, and we get to choose which one we like. Isn't that enough?
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