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In Reply to: Found the problem with Digital posted by jedrider on May 25, 2015 at 12:26:42:
There are too many variables involved to make that call! It could be that the recording you have has been very closely mic'd or was mastered by an inexperienced (or ignorant to classical music) engineer more used to recording something like thrash metal!
I certainly haven't found this to be the case as a general rule and would suggest that your digital playback system is actually the culprit. My recordings from vinyl sources sound virtually indistinguishable to the source even when down converted to redbook so this would imply that the medium itself is not to blame in your situation but rather the playback system or mastering.
In fact, vinyl cutting/playback involves the addition of so many sources of distortion that take you further away from master tape, not closer. I'm not saying your vinyl rig is bad! I'm certainly not trying to be provocative; I'm just pointing out that making a record and playing it back alters the sound very significantly if you were to compare directly! For example, cutting engineers gradually roll off the top end as the inner grooves are approached due to the reduction in the recorded wavelength. Couple that with variations in cutting angle and effective SRA and you are adding a lot of extra distortion components due to HF modulation by LF tones. The cartridge and stylus itself adds a whole raft of distortions due to tracking error, tracing error etc that would tend to invalidate your assertion rather than support it.
Regards Anthony
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