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Vinyl rules !
bishmasterb:
Just curious:
Is the claim from vinyl enthusiasts:
A) Vinyl reproduces content more accurately (to the source material) than CD digital audio
B) Vinyl reproduces content more accurately (to the source material) than is possible by any conceivable digital recording method
C) Vinyl produces a sound that is more pleasing to the ear
D) Something I'm missing
E) Some combination of the above choices
F) "Do not attempt to question the audiophile gods mortal!"
mameotron:
Actually, when you get down to the quantum level, there is no smooth analog curve. Electrons jump from one shell to the next in discrete steps, much like digital waveforms. My quantum CD player has the best possible sound. Period.
Come on, are we still having the analog vs. digital argument? I thought that was over 20 years ago. I do agree with Dylan's rant about modern media, but only if we're talking about MP3s. Talk about a craptacular loss of quality...
mpm32:
For a recording to truly sound better than digital it must be;
Recorded in analog
Mixed/Engineered in analog
And mastered in analog
Add digital in there at any point and due to the nature of it you will be missing bits.
In the olden days, lol when there were still a ton of analogue studios there used to be something called the SPARS code on the back of CD's.
I would always look for AAD feeling that this would give me the best sound. (Analog Recording, Analog Mixing and Digital Mastering. On a CD there will always be a D at the end for mastering.
There is a resurgence for analog recording and I think there will be some new analogue studios that will be popping up. But as long as people love their pro tools digital will always be number one.
I'm pretty sure The White Stripes and The Raconteurs record, mix and master to analog. There are many others and it is a good idea to research before making a purchase of a new artist on vinyl. A digital master stamped onto vinyl will most time sound like crap. Get the CD. But if you find some all analog process on vinyl, there is nothing warmer and real sounding. The caveat being a good engineer and mastering.
Most of today's recordings are so over-compressed for the loudness wars and so over processed and produced that they end up sounding so plastic.
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/imperfect-sound-forever.htm
Take James Brown's Sex Machine, if you get a good recording you can hear Melvin Parker's bass drum pedal squeaking. That lends a certain realness to the recording. Today that would be processed out or they would've fixed it and made him play it again where it may have lost something.
P.S. I am a musician I don't just play one on TV.
Spinning my vinyl on a Thorens TD147. When I have the time, which is rarely.
bishmasterb:
--- Quote from: mameotron on August 27, 2008, 12:55:35 am ---Actually, when you get down to the quantum level, there is no smooth analog curve. Electrons jump from one shell to the next in discrete steps, much like digital waveforms.
--- End quote ---
That is until you get down to the sub-quantum ether, at which point, continuous smooth motion returns and the possibility of true hi-hi emerges! :)
mpm32:
Oh and be careful of the 80 gram, 100 gram pressings. They try to make you think that it will sound better.
But if you have a crappy recording pressed into a 100 gram record all you will get is a heavier piece of crap.
The above does not hold true for good recordings. When you can find them I would get the heavier pressing.
But then again this depends on the record pressing plant. It it much more difficult to get good consistent pressings especially since most of the knowledge base was lost with the closing of most of the plants.
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