RE: Analog .vs Digital Mastered Vinyl

Posted by Jabs1542 (A) on June 25, 2015 at 06:15:02

In Reply to: Analog .vs Digital Mastered Vinyl posted by jaydacus on June 24, 2015 at 15:42:58:

My experience has been that the difference between good vinyl and good digital (all digitally sourced) is the mastering.

I recently downloaded the new Alabama Shakes album (Sound and Color), it was a 24 bit 44.1 KHz file (if I recall correctly). As much as I enjoyed the music the recording itself didn't sound very good, volume compressed. Later I saw a vinyl copy at my local record store so I picked it up to give it a try. Wow - this sounds good, all the way through.

It appears that the final mastering to media was done by different people who handled the controls differently. Clearly the person mastering the CD decided to "crank it up" and cooked the music, btw the CD sounds fine on a crappy stereo. My listening of the album tells me that the person mastering the vinyl kept the dials (gain I guess) low and the result is a smoother sound with actual dynamics - worthy of a better stereo rig.

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Topic - Analog .vs Digital Mastered Vinyl - jaydacus 15:42:58 06/24/15 (21)

RE: Analog .vs Digital Mastered Vinyl - bluemooze 01:22:41 07/02/15 (0)

BD Self Portraits vol. 10 - Bill Way 09:48:01 06/29/15 (0)

they engineer for the audience - texanater 06:17:51 06/26/15 (0)

RE: Analog .vs Digital Mastered Vinyl - flood2 15:11:46 06/25/15 (0)

Having done both (I run an LP mastering operation) - Ralph 09:20:52 06/25/15 (4)

RE: Having done both (I run an LP mastering operation) - littlebird 07:38:23 06/29/15 (1)

Correct! - Ralph 08:37:46 06/29/15 (0)

Very well said thoughts (with reality) on this! Thanks! nt - Dman 05:30:09 06/26/15 (0)

Thanks for that excellent, factual , input. nt - alaskahiatt 14:24:17 06/25/15 (0)

RE: Analog .vs Digital Mastered Vinyl - Jabs1542 06:15:02 06/25/15 (0)

Digital vinyl seems a bit smoother to me, and I'm assuming that they were mastered at better than 16/44.1hz. n - jdaniel@jps.net 23:59:30 06/24/15 (0)

No opinion here, but it has been discussed numerous times on this forum. - alaskahiatt 20:45:02 06/24/15 (3)

To say the least. ;) - rbolaw 06:38:38 06/25/15 (2)

RE: To say the least. ;) - collinslaw@fuse.net 07:00:29 06/25/15 (1)

RE: To say the least. ;) - rbolaw 11:42:33 06/25/15 (0)

Digital Mastered Vinyl - hifitommy 19:52:11 06/24/15 (0)

RE: Analog .vs Digital Mastered Vinyl - Darnit 17:25:26 06/24/15 (0)

RE: Analog .vs Digital Mastered Vinyl - mark111 16:47:52 06/24/15 (2)

RE: Analog .vs Digital Mastered Vinyl - Tre' 18:29:49 06/24/15 (1)

Should sound good. - mark111 16:35:06 06/25/15 (0)

RE: Analog .vs Digital Mastered Vinyl - johntoste 16:22:44 06/24/15 (0)

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