Does Black Vinyl Sound Better

Yes black is generally better for seeing the groove but depends on the colour lighting.

Does black vinyl sound better.

But enjoyment of music and sound is essentially subjective. Whereas with black vinyl you can run that on any press on any day and while every record runs a little differently you know the vinyl itself is going to be pretty consistent. There s very little compression so the loudest parts of those sounds often. It is the quality of the vinyl plastic compound itself that can be questionable.

Coloured vinyl can sound as good as regular black in my opinion there are exceptions to this rule though. For me this is the biggest overriding factor in why black is said to sound better in any manufacturing process of course there are always exceptions. Vinyl can still push music to the limits of its dynamic range 55 70db but it often shies away from doing so in order to maintain sound quality. Technically there should be no difference affecting the sound from the slight difference in the vinyl s composition.

Yes it s a gimmick. Vinyl s capable of a lot. In a not very distant past most produced vinyl records were quite good. But it will sound more vinyl y if that s your preference.

I mean he s right that dmm is technically better and honestly all of the big black records and touch go records i own are dmm and sound fantastic. It s just a shame it seems so many engineers didn t seem to do very well with it and most of the mainstream 80s dmm cuts i ve heard just sound brittle and harsh. And not all black vinyl sound good either. Do we have proof that coloured vinyl is worse than black for sound.

Eventually the global energy crisis imposed changes to the manufacturing process. There s basically nothing you can do to make an hour long album on one record sound good gonsalves said.