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02-17-2002, 01:15 AM

Hi. I'm a first time visitor to this website, and saw the messages here about the albums that remain unreleased on CD.

I've just been making some of my own CDs from LPs (not any Lightfoot yet). If you have an audiophile quality turntable (this might cost $2000 or more) and clean records, the sound quality can certainly be equal or better than the average CD release. If you have an audiophile quality soundcard in your computer for the analog to digital conversion, I imagine the sound might well be spectacular. However, if Rhino is doing the reissues of the Final Four, chances are they will be better than any LP to CD transfer. If it were another company, I might be inclined to just copy my LPs, and manually edit out any big pops or clicks if they occur on the old records. Most people don't have the equipment to get the best out of LPs, but after a long time without a phono cartridge, I recently started listening to LPs again, and am astounded and very pleased at the quality of the sound.

Legally, you can copy your own LPs for your own use. The artist has already received royalties from the original purchase. I don't see why there is a moral obligation to pay the artist another music royalty when purchasing music in a new format. I've double-payed a lot of artists by purchasing CDs when I had already purchased the LP. Frankly, I resent it. Not only that, but CDs are more expensive than LPs were, so you are paying a higher royalty than on the original releases that you bought.

02-17-2002, 01:15 AM	#32
ericjonander Guest Posts: n/a	Hi. I'm a first time visitor to this website, and saw the messages here about the albums that remain unreleased on CD. I've just been making some of my own CDs from LPs (not any Lightfoot yet). If you have an audiophile quality turntable (this might cost $2000 or more) and clean records, the sound quality can certainly be equal or better than the average CD release. If you have an audiophile quality soundcard in your computer for the analog to digital conversion, I imagine the sound might well be spectacular. However, if Rhino is doing the reissues of the Final Four, chances are they will be better than any LP to CD transfer. If it were another company, I might be inclined to just copy my LPs, and manually edit out any big pops or clicks if they occur on the old records. Most people don't have the equipment to get the best out of LPs, but after a long time without a phono cartridge, I recently started listening to LPs again, and am astounded and very pleased at the quality of the sound. Legally, you can copy your own LPs for your own use. The artist has already received royalties from the original purchase. I don't see why there is a moral obligation to pay the artist another music royalty when purchasing music in a new format. I've double-payed a lot of artists by purchasing CDs when I had already purchased the LP. Frankly, I resent it. Not only that, but CDs are more expensive than LPs were, so you are paying a higher royalty than on the original releases that you bought.