Comments on Profile Post by Qildail

To get most out of vinyl, 2ch is a must

Yeah, ticks and pops and surface noise drive me nuts on HPs. On two-channel, no big deal and/or semi-charming. Plus, with HPs, I tend to go for more electronic/highly-produced/detailed music anyway. It seems to fit the listening medium. Two-channel is about vibe and filling the room.

For me it's more about the depth and width of the soundstage

For me, it's timbre and texture. I'm about 90% jazz when it comes to vinyl, as analog seems to get the sound and realism of horns and drums far, far more vividly and palpably than digital. I don't know what is, but a horn solo sounds better on even VG vinyl than digital. (Probably mastering choices.) Piano is sort of a toss-up, as off-centered LPs can be distracting there.

To me, it's all about the groove.

one thing I've read/heard w/ regards to ticks and pops on vinyl that seems to make sense to my lizard brain is that they're more a detriment on systems that lack dynamic ability somewhere in the chain. Thought being a tick or pop is much more noticeable when a gain stage goes into clipping or otherwise has bad transient response overshoot.

given such small voltages, a mishandling of transient information can get amplified and sound pretty offensive pretty easily.

"ticks and pops ... more a detriment on systems that lack dynamic ability somewhere in the chain."

I don't think so, although I'm far from sure. I used to record bad albums to cassette. The *lesser* dr of tape took a little of the pain away. Although the greater benefit was not having to think of the stylus!