Long story short, for us, vinyl simply offers the most to enjoy ... if you appreciate "conscious listening to music".
Plus those rituals needed for playing a vinyl record (storage boxes and shelves, dust brushes, fliping to "other" side, considerable sized visuals and art, touchable and varied materials and colors, 7", 10" or 12" sizes, athmosphere of the flea markets ...
and then this amazing mechanical electronic device called a turntable (gramofón) and fidgeting with it) are all contributing to a pleasure of being a music fan.
Just like live (real) music, vinyl is a format that requires some extra effort — but (almost) always rewards it.
The cutting stylus vibrates 1000 times per second and is affected by an acceleration of 90 G. The labels and vinyl are pressed under a pressure of 100-150 tons at a temperature of 160°C (345°F).
An LP typically contains 18-22 minutes of music per side. For a 20 minutes long side, the spiral groove is around 427 meters long and consists of 667 threads. The basic width of the groove is approx. 0.04 – 0.08 mm (40 – 80 µm). So 2.23 seconds of audio is stored per square centimeter.
If the reference sinus signal 0 dB is cut into the master plate, deviations of 0.0225 mm (22.5 µm) can be found when the groove is examined under a microscope. Lower level signals, which are 100 times (-40 dB) to 300 times (-50 dB) quieter, and are still part of the audio, have proportionately lower deviations – 0.000225 mm to 0.000075 mm (225 nm to 75 nm).
Source: Gramofónové Závody.
More info: SST web.
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