Are picture disc vinyl worse quality than black ones?

Alty · Post by **Alty** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:32 pm

Or are there any other disadvantages?

I saw the Skream remix of Night Vision on redeye records and I'm going to buy it unless there are any drawbacks...

alcane · Post by **alcane** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:35 pm

Generally picture discs are heavier (and often more cumbersome) for cueing up, etc. As they're usually pressed with a heavier vinyl, less chance of getting warped/spoiled vinyl though...

Personal preferrence really innit?

I tend to just go for a regular pressing as its the tunes I'm after, not the pretty pictures (plus its harder to read the grooves on brightly coloured vinyl/picture discs in a dark club...)

akilles · Post by **akilles** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:44 pm

alcane wrote: (plus its harder to read the grooves on brightly coloured vinyl/picture discs in a dark club...)

this

Alty · Post by **Alty** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:44 pm

Ah what the hell I'll just buy the picture one. It's kind of a cool novelty thing to show people...

rev · Post by **rev** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:59 pm

the picture disc (and sometimes the coloured) tends to have low hiss in the pressing... check the run-in grooves on a black compared to a pic-disc.

Alty · Post by **Alty** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:21 pm

Ah maybe I will just get the black one

Be-1ne · Post by **Be-1ne** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:54 pm

I got told many moons ago when i worked in a record store that picture discs arent really made to be played, they are more of a collects item.

manuel · Post by **manuel** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:06 pm

I hate picture disc vinyls. Like said before, I cant see any grooves on them at all which doesnt make it any easier for mixing

Maybe I should learn my tunes more lol

destroyer · Post by **destroyer** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:37 pm

Get the black one chief, i got the picture one and it was jumping everytime i was trying to cue it up on a club system, and then got an annoying jumpy scratch in the intro of night vision

im usually normally really carefull with vinyll so dont get too many scratches

Both big tunes though the second drop on the gothtrad remix is mental

shambandito · Post by **shambandito** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:26 pm

the picture disc hasnt jumped once when ive played.. if anything it seems more stable due to its weight.. have had no problems with it!

inst · Post by **inst** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:38 pm

If I can choose, I never buy picture disc, blacks ftw

dusk governor · Post by **dusk governor** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:48 pm

get the black vinyl version def..
i bought the picture disc,
i didn't have any probs with it skipping but it sounds ass...

dopelabs · Post by **dopelabs** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:28 pm

get both..

mugger t · Post by **mugger t** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:39 pm

Yeh, they do sound worse generally; there are two layers of thinner vinyl pressed outside of the image.

fused_forces · Post by **fused_forces** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:57 pm

I like picture disc's.

voteforvinyl · Post by **voteforvinyl** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:50 pm

rev wrote:the picture disc (and sometimes the coloured) tends to have low hiss in the pressing... check the run-in grooves on a black compared to a pic-disc.

Picture discs and coloured discs are pretty much the same. If anything, coloured discs are more likely to be porer quality becasue picture discs, while they are essentially a coloured vinyl, they use clear vinyl pellets that dont have any dye added to them. Coloured vinyl has dyes added to them and, depending on the colours, some are worse for sound quality than others - usually its the colours that have a more metallic element to them.

bone loc · Post by **bone loc** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:57 pm

picture disks dunt sound right, ive a/b-ed quite a few against the regular pressing.

set records · Post by **set records** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:59 pm

The difference is like the difference between Wav and Flac... none noticeable.

redvsblue · Post by **redvsblue** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:01 pm

doesnt matter. Any dubstep picture disc vinyl is GOLD imho

maximus · Post by **maximus** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:05 am

i have the "top shotta" picture disk and it sounds amazing.

Are picture disc vinyl worse quality than black ones?

Are picture disc vinyl worse quality than black ones?

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