The best sounding vinyl is clear - colorants add to the noise floor. I have a PD of Tubular Bells that after 20 years of playing is as noise-free as a CD.
Picture discs - Collectors items?
Hello...
I have an opportunity to buy a few dozen new, sealed picture discs - leftover inventory.
I have a few questions, please. I shall use the abbreviation PD to refer to them following.
Were PDs just a novelty and suitable only for memorabilia collectors? I realise that PDs were being released just at the beginning of the CD era.
Were PDs pressed from a superior grade of vinyl? I've seen them in different colours.
Does the colour of the PD vinyl make a difference in the sonic quality of the recording?
Were any PDs re-mastered at all? Again, this was at the time that CDs were being introduced and some recordings were re-mastered.
I am not looking to buy and then sell this stuff on eBay but to add to my collection.
Thanks and regards,
Jan
I have an opportunity to buy a few dozen new, sealed picture discs - leftover inventory.
I have a few questions, please. I shall use the abbreviation PD to refer to them following.
Were PDs just a novelty and suitable only for memorabilia collectors? I realise that PDs were being released just at the beginning of the CD era.
Were PDs pressed from a superior grade of vinyl? I've seen them in different colours.
Does the colour of the PD vinyl make a difference in the sonic quality of the recording?
Were any PDs re-mastered at all? Again, this was at the time that CDs were being introduced and some recordings were re-mastered.
I am not looking to buy and then sell this stuff on eBay but to add to my collection.
Thanks and regards,
Jan