Any interest in LP recordings?

madmax · January 2006

OK, a few beers, and a lot of LP's have gone down tonite. My LP playing system has gone way beyond reason. Would anyone be interested in a listen to a group of songs recorded on my system?? I'm just thinking that when I was first getting into TT's, I would have been very interested in this. Recently I aquired about 100 LP's from a fellow polkster to copy to CD. It just comes to mind that most of you fellows have never experienced LP's at their best and maybe some of you may be interested. I was thinking a marathon of LP songs recorded in such a way that would show you what a good LP system (recorded on CD) might be interesting. I think I have actually captured that LP sound recorded onto MSB CD which can be reproduced on standard CD players. Just wondering if anyone is interested. Obivously, this is an introduction to vinyl, not any sort of copyright infringement. I would not even consider advertising any particular artist or song list. I'm just sitting here thinking many of you may be interested in this class of recording. It is quite different than copying any given CD. If anything, it is a lack of the given processing any tape goes through before being reproduced on a CD. Just a thought.
madmax

beardog03 · January 2006

I am definately in Max...

I would like to get a killer TT one day, but have no idea where to start..

jcaut · January 2006

I'm interested. I was quite interested in the results you would be able to acheive, and I would be very interested in the opportunity to hear those results.

Jason

madmax · January 2006

With 15K in my TT source I am not looking for a profit to subsidise it's purchase, I'm just thinking some of you would like a chance to listen. I was thinking maybe $7 a disc to make it worthwhile to copy and carry to the postoffice. Is that out of line?
madmax

Edit: Obviously my comrade with the recordings I'm doing would get a free copy. I still have 50 or so recordings to do for him. This is VERY impressive, I must admit. I would end up doing a group of my favorite songs/best recordings.

beardog03 · January 2006

not for me bro..
I`m in..!

15k for your source ?!!
I guess I`ll have to wait to experience the joy`s of vinyl again..!!

Ricardo · January 2006

I would definitely be interested; I would pay $7. How do you propose to do it? I would like to at least have a chance to pick the music genre.....

madmax · January 2006

HTrookie wrote:

I would like to at least have a chance to pick the music genre.....

Nope. What I would do is to completly fill up a CD. That is about 80 minutes. I would pick songs all the way from rock, rap, classical, oldies etc. Whatever my favorite playlist would be. I have about 2000 records right now. It would be a good selection for sure. All would be stuff that sounds exceptional on my LP system. If you like music in general, you would probably be happy with at least 75% of it. What can I say, it may have a Michael Jackson song right next to a Run DMC song next to a Tom Petty song next to a great classical song which follows with a nice jazz song. You would be under my power with no chance of escape.
madmax

Ricardo · January 2006

madmax wrote:

....You would be under my power with no chance of escape.
madmax

LOL

Deal; I want one of those. It will be interesting to compare with music from CD's....I bet that in 80 minutes there will be something I own..

madmax · January 2006

HTrookie wrote:

LOL

Deal; I want one of those. It will be interesting to compare with music from CD's....I bet that in 80 minutes there will be something I own..

Requests can be made. If anything reasonable pops up I am willing to oblige. Otherwise, you get what I like. Seriously, this is what sounds good. If a very tight selection list were required, you probably wouldn't be a good candidate for vinyl anyway. (not you HTrookie, just in general). Get this, most of the really good stuff I have would never have been considered before getting into this vinyl thing. I would like to impart that aspect of vinyl as it is an important one.

madmax

RuSsMaN · January 2006

If the interest gets 'big' Chuck, I'd be interested in helping to fund it. Let me know when and if things start to get expensive. Ie, you want to get some MFSL Gold blanks, etc.

Cheers,
Russ

madmax · January 2006

Russ, it isn't expensive, $0.75 for the disc and $2 for shipping, at the most?? It just needs to be more for me to actually do it. I mean, by the time you pick out the right songs, clean the lps, record it, fix the mistakes, check the discs, make out the mailings, take it to the post office, refund anyone unhappy, maybe make another copy if it doesn't work in a particular player, etc, etc... You know, just takes a little doing. Plus, I can't let my recording deal lapse for the othe 100 LP's already promised. Just wanted to offer the oportunity.
madmax

organ · January 2006

Count me in, brotha!

I've NEVER heard a real vinyl rig and I'm dying to get a taste of this piece of analog heaven.

Do you know if Queen is going into any of the discs? I have a lot of their albums and would love to compare them to vinyl.

Maurice

madmax · January 2006

Note: Check for queen. I don't think I have any but I believe my boss has an MFSL queen recording. I'll check tomorrow.
madmax

dorokusai · January 2006

You should definetly burn them on MFSL blanks...that would just be neat. I'll pick up the first pack of 5...just give me the word.

organ · January 2006

Awesome! Thanks man.

btw, what's MFSL?

madmax · January 2006

Mobile fidelity sound labs. They made re-masters of many of the LP's and CD's out there. Mark, why the blanks though? I have been using Maxell blanks and seriously, I am having a hard time telling them from the actual recording?? BTW, I use the "music" discs which seem to work on all the players. (just for that reason)
madmax

organ · January 2006

Cool. Thanks Madmax.

dorokusai · January 2006

www.mofi.com

Just because it's neat. I grew up on knowing that the MOFI pressings and releases were the very best, and that's still true. Why not make your effort mean something special?

madmax · January 2006

OK, $7 on Maxell, $11 on MOFI Ultradisc.
madmax

dorokusai · January 2006

Just FYI....didn't I offer to buy the first set? Whatever, thought it might be neat. There 5 for $15 BTW....$3/ea.

Good luck, have fun.

cmy330go · January 2006

That's an outstanding offer! I would definitely be interested. Want the money now?

Just curious if you could give us some details on the equipment and process you use. I have personally done some copying of LP to CD on my modest system and have been quite impressed with the results. So I can imagine how sweet these recordings will sound coming from your system.

madmax · January 2006

I'm using what is in my sig with the phono preamp going straight into my sony stand alone disk recorder which utilizes super bit mapping which suposedly sounds the same as HDCD on standard equipment. (according to sony). Nothing added to suppliment the sound. So far it has been very impressive.

Mark, Russ, no need to suppy discs unless they are for yourselves. I can see the possible advantages, for sure, but I see the standard discs providing what I wanted to offer, which was a taste of the analog world on a budget. Standard CD's just don't sound like this. I have a theory that when tapes are transfered to CD there must be a standardized group of processors they are run through. This is just a clean simple transfer and truthfully, I notice little difference between the recording played from a standard CDR on a decent CD player as compared to my table. Very strange in my opinion but my own testing causes me to question what is going on. I really just didn't want to add any additional cost other than what anyone wanted. Either type of disc is fine with me. I haven't even tried a MSFL CDR to date but I'll bet there is a possibility of a better transfer.
madmax

dorokusai · January 2006

http://www.mofi.com/cdr.htm

Just some information, thought it might be neat.

jcaut · January 2006

I'm good with the original idea, but here's another thought I had: I'm interested in hearing a sampling of what you've recorded-- It would be great if it contained songs that were "common" enough that most people might have a few of them on CD already, for comparison-- I don't necessarily feel the need to own my own copy. You could consider making 1-2 (or a small number of) copies and then we could pass them around to each other for a listen. Might minimize the cost, though I realize the difference wouldn't amount to much. And, looking at it the other way, that extra difference would help to compensate for your trouble, if you sell individual discs.

I don't know if that would be better or worse. Just throwing out an idea. I'm in either way.

Jason

sda2mike · January 2006

I can tell all of you from first hand experience: these recordings are definately stand outs! the soundstage is way better than regular cd's. plus, chuck is a perfectionist tweaker! excellent results!