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In Reply to: Analog .vs Digital Mastered Vinyl posted by jaydacus on June 24, 2015 at 15:42:58:
Whilst no one would be able to successfully defend CD as an accurate digital medium when compared to the higher resolution digital master or analogue master using the definitions in Communication Theory, it should be remembered that the effect of mastering in combination with different dithering and noise-shaping algorithms will affect the subjective quality of a CD when trying to compare to other media. It is impossible to directly compare LP and CD simply because of the different mastering process applied to each - the CDs are often very compressed and normalised to 0dB peaks which can cause clipping distortion according to some white papers discussing the effect of upsampling in the playback chain.
Similarly the quality of the analogue output stage of a DAC strongly influences the resultant sound. Certainly at the consumer level, engineering is all about compromises with respect to the cost of the product. I have countless cartridges and they all sound very different. Some sound silky smooth like a fine Scotch whilst others sound remarkably like a redbook CD with an incisive top end.
LP can never be "more accurate" since (certainly in the past) the mastering process involved additional EQ to tame HF energy in order to prevent excessive heat being dissipated in the cutting head (causing failure) which is necessarily more pronounced on the inner grooves since the lower groove velocity limits the maximum recorded wavelength. Given that LF signals must also necessarily be summed to mono given the limitations in maximum vertical modulation that can be cut to avoid fill issues in pressing, there is no way you could even consider an LP to be more accurate on playback with respect to the analogue master or even compared to redbook "digital".
Factor in the effect of stamper ageing and pressing faults....
It is probably best to accept that CDs are just a different flavour, which may or may not be to your taste depending on the mastering and playback, but has little to do with "accuracy" using accepted definitions from Communication Theory.
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
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