180 Gram Vinyl Sound Better

Are there any advantages to 180 gram vinyl records.

180 gram vinyl sound better. The original purchased white album was far superior to the remastered 180 gram from sound soundstage direct. 180 gram is a heavier grade of vinyl that many believe coaxes a richer audio palate than lighter standard grades. In other words 180 gram vinyl isn t any indication of a better sounding record. The introduction of digital methods of recording and mastering also changed the way it sounded.

Which in itself will have no real sound quality benefits over standard 140 gram vinyl or 180 gram vinyl. Because they are stronger 180 gram vinyl records also resist warping better than records of conventional weight. Do they sound better. Yesterday i compared the beatles white album original and 180 gram remastered and now i m checking all my newly purchased remastered vinyl.

A lot of new records will have some sticker announcing that it s on 180 gram vinyl and that s a good thing especially if you re an audiophile. So like probably many people i thought buying 180 or 200 gram remastered vinyl was a good thing. In fact a great many records sold with the 180 gram hype stickers are often inferior scorpio pressings. Why do people like the sound of vinyl so much.

Like the vid and subscribe to your vinyl junkies channel for updates on. Warped or bent records can distort the music pressed upon them and cause the stylus to jump skip. Sure 180g lps ride more smoothly on a turntable thanks to their weight but the benefits end there. 200 gram vinyl is heavyweight vinyl taken one step farther than 180 gram vinyl.

As a result many 80 s vinyl lps tried to closely replicate the digital output of cds. Warm analog sound gave way to a more sterile perfect aesthetic. The quality of the sound derives from the vinyl compound as opposed to the weight of the disc. So while the weight alone doesn t directly affect the sound and there are a bunch of poor 180 gram pressings out there if we re generalizing 180 gram pressings do tend to sound better.

This episode of vinyl records 101 breaks it down. These are poorly mastered vinyl pressings often sourced from a cd or even poor digital sources.