Ever wondered why you sometimes have to wait months after an album's launch to get the music on vinyl? It's not necessarily because the label hates vinyl — in many cases, it's because the decades-old manufacturing process can't keep up with the format's resurgence. Relief may be in sight for turntable fans, though. Viryl Technologies is producing a pressing machine system, WarmTone, that should drag vinyl production into the modern era.
Much of WarmTone's improvement rests in its use of modern engineering. It's more reliable when producing the "pucks" that become records, makes it easier to switch out stampers (the negatives that press records) and sports a trimming/stacking system that can better handle large-scale production. Also, there's a raft of sensors -- the machine checks everything from pressure to temperature to timing, so companies will immediately know if something goes wrong.
Logically, the interface has been spruced up as well. Touchscreens help control the pressing machine on-site, and workers can check on the state of the machine from their computer or phone.
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https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/29/vinyl-record-production-tech-upgrade/
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Monday February 06 2017, @05:20PM
Every blind test I've ever seen done disagrees with your assertions. In some, people were also fooled into thinking CD was vinyl by the addition of distortion in some of them.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Monday February 06 2017, @09:01PM
The blind test I'd like to see is generate a pure 17kHz sine wave and a 17kHz sawtooth wave and see if teenagers can tell the difference.
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(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Monday February 06 2017, @11:29PM
True enough. I think they probably could. My hearing has degraded a bit but I can still hear the difference between MP3 an FLAC ... I'd assume they could as well, they just don't care as the music and mastering renders it less important. I might be wrong of course.
I'm kind of a believer in "good enough", but really, MP3 is *not* good enough.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday February 07 2017, @01:11AM
However, I don't sell my CDs, so I can always play them through my real hi-fi pathway. The hi-fi's in the office. I visit the office only one or two days a month nowadays...
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(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Wednesday February 08 2017, @04:52PM
I keep CDs to play in my twelve year old car.
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