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My experience is the same as John's.

Posted by jsm (A) on December 18, 2005 at 12:39:31

In Reply to: Re: How is the state of digital copy vs original LP... posted by John Elison on December 18, 2005 at 09:59:36:

My CD-R copies are virtually identical to the original vinyl. Note that I didn't say "absolutely identical," simply because I can heard differnces, usually subtle, when I play the same CD in different high-end players. So not all of the players can exacltly match the sound of the vinyl. My Ayre CX-7e comes so close that in blind listening, experienced listeners generally can't tell which is which. If they can detect a difference in some cases, it's a toss up as to which they prefer (again blind). Several times I've heard people say the CD-R sounds more real, more natural than the original vinyl, not knowing which is which. They are always extremely close. I use an outboard ADC feeding into the USB input of my computer. For what it's worth, if I make a CD-R from the 2-channel analogue output of an SACD, it's fairly easy to distinguish the original SACD from the CD-R. This simply says that RBCDs are capable of capturing all the significant information on a vinyl disc, but not an SACD. The latter shouldn't be a surprise, but the former will be fighting words to many.

Joe

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