What Is The Advantage Of 180 Gram Vinyl

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What is the advantage of 180 gram vinyl.

Listed on the polyvinyl records store as the 180 gram black vinyl audiophile version. At first the discs were commonly made from shellac with earlier records having a fine abrasive. A phonograph record also known as a gramophone record especially in british english or simply a record is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove. 180 gram vinyl actually refers to the weight of the vinyl record and it s considered a heavy grade vinyl.

Hype sticker reads 180 gram black vinyl. Divide 2lp 45rpm 180 gram vinyl w digital download. Digital computers arrived on the scene in their best role. I own an amazon echo and take advantage of the auto rip feature which instantaneously sends it to alexa.

Plus i enjoy the old fashioned concept of owning the physical cd. Ironically this is not in reference to groove wear from being in contact with the stylus. Like the vid and subscribe to your vinyl junkies channel for updates on. Includes 12 x 24 lyric poster insert and digital download card.

Cat artist title format label. Groove wear is the same for all records regardless of their weight. 12 180 gram hq virgin vinyl reissues of the original stereo mixes of the legendary band s six jim morrison fronted studio albums. There is not a song on the cd i skip.

The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. 180 gram virgin vinyl pressings were the next development and last but not least around the late 70s 45 rpm 12 lps started to appear. The new product was a 12 or 10 inch 30 or 25 cm. Out of the audio chain but doing machine control to adjust the groove spacing on the record for maximum playing time and recorded volume.

When the needle on the turntable passes through these grooves it creates the amazing sound you hear. This episode of vinyl records 101 breaks it down. Are there any advantages to 180 gram vinyl records. A 180 gram lp is not only more satisfying to handle and place on the turntable but it offers more resistance to clutzy manipulation and other possible abuses.

At the time the lp was introduced nearly all phonograph records for home use were made of an abrasive and therefore noisy shellac compound employed a much larger groove and played at approximately 78 revolutions per minute rpm limiting the playing time of a 12 inch diameter record to less than five minutes per side. Barcode and other identifiers barcode. Other versions 5 of 5 view all. The vinyl is cut into a circular shape and then the pressing process imprints grooves into the vinyl.

The reissues of these now historic albums all originally released between 1967 and 1970 are replicas of the initial vinyl offerings including artwork and inner sleeves.