Does Black Vinyl Sound Better

But enjoyment of music and sound is essentially subjective.

Does black vinyl sound better.

There s basically nothing you can do to make an hour long album on one record sound good gonsalves said. 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. Glow in the dark vinyl for example is usually noisy. 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.

But it will sound more vinyl y if that s your preference. Technically there should be no difference affecting the sound from the slight difference in the vinyl s composition. 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 is the quality of the vinyl plastic compound itself that can be questionable.

Vinyl s capable of a lot. In a not very distant past most produced vinyl records were quite good. Do we have proof that coloured vinyl is worse than black for sound. The comments concerning number of pressings and wear of the die is valid but that is independent of the vinyl color.

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. That s why snare drums cymbal splashes and other loud instruments have so much more punch in vinyl recordings. Yes black is generally better for seeing the groove but depends on the colour lighting. And not all black vinyl sound good either.

Eventually the global energy crisis imposed changes to the manufacturing process. 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.