I am with Albert here. Yes it is worthwhile buying new release vinyl and i buy a lot of vinyl. It does piss me off that vinyl is almost a yuppie boutique product now.
The new radiohead US LP does not sound very good, so i cvan only guess how bad the CD sounds. Trouble is the previous Thom York and radiohead LP's which I all have on UK vinyl sound superb!!
Lots of new albums come on double LP's which in turn sound a little better again.
New Euro and UK pressings invariably sound better to their US counterparts thou. Although I have the new Rihanna, Timbaland, NIN, James Blunt that sound great on vinyl. The new Joy Division rermasters on LP are brilliant.
The new Portishead US pressing is crap, however the UK pressing is wonderful.
BTW, I have UK pressings of Gomez Liquid Skin, Bring it on, In our Gun, & Split the difference. All sound good, however Gomez as you probably know like their music to sound a little bass heavy. Have not heard the new one yet.
Thing is vinyl takes a little more care, like cleaning it in a RCM, before you play, buying inner sleeves so the LP does not rub back n forth inside the cardboard.
The better the turntable you upgrade to, the better the vinyl sounds period.
If one is not prepared to go thru this little ritual in playing vinyl, maybe it is better to buy CD's.
The new radiohead US LP does not sound very good, so i cvan only guess how bad the CD sounds. Trouble is the previous Thom York and radiohead LP's which I all have on UK vinyl sound superb!!
Lots of new albums come on double LP's which in turn sound a little better again.
New Euro and UK pressings invariably sound better to their US counterparts thou. Although I have the new Rihanna, Timbaland, NIN, James Blunt that sound great on vinyl. The new Joy Division rermasters on LP are brilliant.
The new Portishead US pressing is crap, however the UK pressing is wonderful.
BTW, I have UK pressings of Gomez Liquid Skin, Bring it on, In our Gun, & Split the difference. All sound good, however Gomez as you probably know like their music to sound a little bass heavy. Have not heard the new one yet.
Thing is vinyl takes a little more care, like cleaning it in a RCM, before you play, buying inner sleeves so the LP does not rub back n forth inside the cardboard.
The better the turntable you upgrade to, the better the vinyl sounds period.
If one is not prepared to go thru this little ritual in playing vinyl, maybe it is better to buy CD's.