Does Black Vinyl Sound Better

There s very little compression so the loudest parts of those sounds often.

Does black vinyl sound better.

Technically there should be no difference affecting the sound from the slight difference in the vinyl s composition. Do we have proof that coloured vinyl is worse than black for sound. 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. 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.

And not all black vinyl sound good either. The comments concerning number of pressings and wear of the die is valid but that is independent of the vinyl color. Yes it s a gimmick. 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. But enjoyment of music and sound is essentially subjective. Coloured vinyl can sound as good as regular black in my opinion there are exceptions to this rule though. But it will sound more vinyl y if that s your preference.

Vinyl s capable of a lot. Glow in the dark vinyl for example is usually noisy. That s why snare drums cymbal splashes and other loud instruments have so much more punch in vinyl recordings. It is the quality of the vinyl plastic compound itself that can be questionable.

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. In a not very distant past most produced vinyl records were quite good.