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In Reply to: One thing has to be done to make this a fair comparison. posted by Analog Scott on July 27, 2015 at 20:46:13:
You forget about RIAA equalization and the frequency response of the cutting head and phono cartridge. These things will have a profound effect on making the two sound different. Consequently, if you want a 24/96 digital recording to sound identical to vinyl, you need to select your turntable, phono cartridge and phono stage. Then make your 24/96 digital recording directly from the vinyl record at the phono stage output. Your digital copy will then sound identical to your vinyl record, but only when played on that one system you selected. If you play the record on a different vinyl front-end, the two will sound different from each other.
I've been making digital recordings from vinyl for many years and they all sound very similar if not completely identical when played on my own system. However, there is no way one of my recordings will sound identical to the record played on a different turntable from the one on which it was originally recorded. Digital is very accurate; vinyl is not. No two different turntables and cartridges sound alike. Different digital systems sound much more similar than different vinyl systems.
Best regards,
John Elison
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- RE: One thing has to be done to make this a fair comparison. - John Elison 03:20:31 07/28/15 (7)
- RE: One thing has to be done to make this a fair comparison. - Analog Scott 06:00:37 07/28/15 (6)
- RE: One thing has to be done to make this a fair comparison. - John Elison 07:02:53 07/28/15 (5)
- RE: One thing has to be done to make this a fair comparison. - Analog Scott 07:08:49 07/28/15 (4)
- RE: One thing has to be done to make this a fair comparison. - John Elison 08:15:24 07/28/15 (3)
- RE: One thing has to be done to make this a fair comparison. - Analog Scott 09:44:59 07/28/15 (2)
- RE: One thing has to be done to make this a fair comparison. - John Elison 09:59:10 07/28/15 (1)
- RE: One thing has to be done to make this a fair comparison. - Analog Scott 11:10:29 07/28/15 (0)