Ep159: WTF is HD Vinyl?
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
The science of vinyl records hasn't changed much in the last 60-70 years. Now Güenter Loibl and his team at Rebeat are looking to disrupt the vinyl record industry with the concept they've named "HD Vinyl". Today we speak to Mr Loibl and understand the techniques, advantages and controversies surrounding HD Vinyl.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hey everyone, welcome to this week's episode of The Vinyl Guide. This week we are discussing a possible future of the vinyl record format, an evolutionary step which is called HD Vinyl. |
| 0:12.7 | Now, HD Vinyl is still in the lab, but it's being touted as the next step in vinyl production and enjoyment. |
| 0:19.5 | And it boasts several new advantages that |
| 0:22.1 | really make it very, very interesting for vinyl record collectors, including longer playing |
| 0:27.5 | times. I mean, record sides that are 30, 35 minutes long. It also reportedly comes with better |
| 0:32.8 | sound quality, better consistency throughout the stamping life cycle, and much, much more. Plus, |
| 0:38.8 | HD vinyl is 100% compatible with the existing turntables and stereo equipment. And once |
| 0:44.7 | more, you could be listening to an HD vinyl release by the end of this year. But don't |
| 0:50.9 | just take it from me. Take it from Gunther Loy Bell, CEO and founder of Rebeat, and the guy driving the effort to make |
| 0:58.2 | HD Vinyl a reality. |
| 1:00.3 | Today, Gunther will share with us the concept of HD Vinyl, how it works, and we'll walk |
| 1:04.6 | through the various advantages and controversies one by one. |
| 1:10.1 | But hey, no matter whether you're listening to HD vinyl or regular standard definition vinyl, your records need to stay clean. |
| 1:17.6 | Now, unless you live in a hermetically sealed clean room, your records are constantly gathering dust. |
| 1:23.6 | And that's totally natural. However, if you want to hear the full sound and help your |
| 1:28.2 | records last longer, you need to clean them regularly. Enter the groove washer record |
| 1:34.0 | cleaning system. The glorious groove washer G2 fluid gets deep inside the record groove to lift |
| 1:40.4 | out all the crud, the dust, the dirt, the dried skin, the cat hair, the human hair. |
| 1:46.1 | Whatever you're into it, your house, no judgment here. |
| 1:49.4 | The groove washer will help lift that dirt away so you, Mr. and Mrs. Smart Guy, can enjoy the full fidelity of your vinyl record. |
| 1:58.1 | Get a groove washer record cleaning kit now at groove washer.com. Use |
| 2:03.2 | promo code vinyl guide 10 and you'll get 10% off everything that you buy. Now this vinyl |
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