Do Picture Vinyl Sound Bad

Played it often and it s never shown the slightest trace of excess wear.

Do picture vinyl sound bad. Most picture discs do sound pretty horrible but they don t have to. 10 things you should never do to your vinyl records. My copy of acid mother s temple s 41st century splendid man lp is absolutely gorgeous. But there s more to work with than just normal one color vinyl.

A good portion of them do but this is also a problem that can be applied to modern vinyl in general a lot of the time as well. Some picture discs sound pretty good. Before weighing vinyl s ahem good and bad sides it helps to know how records are made. The david bowie picture disc 45s sound great.

There s very little compression so the loudest parts of those sounds often. A few exceptions exist. That s why snare drums cymbal splashes and other loud instruments have so much more punch in vinyl recordings. Many picture discs do sound good.

Learn how to properly clean handle and play your records. And in some cases if the mastering was handled better for the picture disc release than it was for the standard vinyl pressing the picture disc can sound better despite the downsides. In brief an engineer such as gonsalves receives mixed recordings from the studio or even a band s laptop. Vinyl can still push music to the limits of its dynamic range 55 70db but it often shies away from doing so in order to maintain sound quality.

Very few additives can be mixed into clear vinyl without jeopardizing the opacity which means there is a potential for worse sound quality albeit this drop is often imperceptible to the common listener. This is always uncomfortable for us as we understand how very badass an artistic picture disc can look but in the end if it s not going to be the best audio quality possible then we can t do it. Barely a trace of surface noise and crystal clear sound. One recent example is the picture disc release of liam gallagher s as you were cut by barry grint from alchemy.

When pressing records through slyvinyl records we re often asked by bands about possibly doing picture discs and if they sound any different.