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Re: Guns N' Roses Vinyl LPs
I wouldn't let anything you're saying get in the way of enjoying the records
I always like to take in as much knowledge as possible but (and I don't mean this in a snotty way) I know what my ears are hearing, you know what I mean? For example, after hearing the 180 remaster of UYI, I would listen to that version from here what whenever humanly possible before ever listening to the CD just based on all the differences I hear.
Rightfully so, one thing you might consider is actually ripping your records to flac or another lossless format and burning them on CD. You should get the exact same experience while not wearing your originals. Although personally I still keep my record player around for the sheer joy of flipping the record every 25 minutes or so 
. There's something so physical about it that enhances the experience.
Re: Guns N' Roses Vinyl LPs
Whatever the frequencies are, the CD is still in 16 bit samples. It's quantized. Smooth waveforms are turned into blocks.
Sure, they don't author vinyls from analog tape and to analog mastering anymore, but they use more than 16 bits.
Yes, true, however... (and I know I'm getting in digital audio geek territory here, my apologies for that), keep in mind that your bit depth will only determine your dynamic range (which is greater on a CD, even though it's only 16 bits). Your "smoothness" is determined by your sampling rate, which is 44.1khz for CD. According to Nyquist's theorem this means that you can produce audio indistinguishable from the analog waveform op to 22.05khz. So in fact, you can not hear the "digital aliasing artifacts" that so many people seem to attribute to CD's and digital music in general.
That's actually the point I was trying to make. People accredit the fact that vinyl sounds better to the technology, unfortunately that's not really the case. People mix/master brighter and more compressed for CD, which makes it sound harsher/colder and more tiring to the ears. CD should be better in any aspect than vinyl, but the music industry just fucked up a great medium.
Again, sorry for the rant, LPs do rock, but I'd rather people started mixing & mastering like in the old days again for every medium instead of just for LPs.
Re: Guns N' Roses Vinyl LPs
I remember IRS was playable on mine, it was distorted but I kinda liked the gritty raw sound it gave it.
Man I wish GNR would release collectors edition versions of CD tracks, theres some damn good songs there, its such a shame how cheaply they were rolled out.
Imagine if they released all the songs individually on vinyl packaged in each songs own artwork from alternative booklet, with a couple of different versions of the song as a b-side 
Sure it wouldnt sell a zillion copies but theres a lot of people who would lap it up and would pay a bit extra for something special.
Re: Guns N' Roses Vinyl LPs
Niiiiiice, aye thats what I'm talking about.
Axl seems to be quite an arty guy, I would imagine he would find this kind of thing awesome, judging by how much effort he put into the alternative booklet thats leaked out, he does care about it. If underground bands like Isis for example can afford to produce quality limited edition collector items surely it wouldnt be beyond GNRs means.
I know its fanboy fantasy and it'll never happen blah blah blah, would be cool someone took it onboard though.
