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Re: How is the state of digital copy vs original LP...

Our experiences are obviously different then. The first time I recorded an LP to DAT I was immediately struck by the difference in the way the digital copy rendered clicks and pops. The digital copy preserved many of the LP's positive qualities, but identical? Not to my ears. The A/D in that case was a highly modified Sony SBM-1, but have also used nicer/modern converters with similar results.

I'm not surprised; the extremely sharp transients produced by dirt and scratches impacting a stylus cannot be easy to record or reproduce. Accurately encoding that kind if signal demands a very high resolution format. Heck, even resolution-independent limitations are problematic. Clicks and pops usually result in digital clipping, so there's signal corruption right from the start!


-Anthony



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