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In Reply to: RE: Why CDs may sound better than vinyl posted by bquisp on April 17, 2015 at 14:20:26
Sure, analog has it's limitations, but it still sounds better.
I don't trust the naysayers out there. Seems to me that the corporate music industry is trying to pee on the analog parade. They have bought into the technology and don't want to retool. I understand that. Recording engineers are just getting lazy and don't want to deal with the challenges of analog recording. Ronald McDonald is telling you the the big mac is a super food.
Here's a little challenge, try listening exclusively to analog for a month. Play records, make tapes, go the the record store. See if your perception of recorded music doesn't change and that trying to extract something from the digital medium that does not exist is a big waste of time.
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> > Here's a little challenge, try listening exclusively to analog for a month. Play records, make tapes, go the the record store. See if your perception of recorded music doesn't change and that trying to extract something from the digital medium that does not exist is a big waste of time. < <
Well, exclusively, I've listened to analog for decades without any digital intervention, recorded much music along the way ...
My perception did indeed change with the intro of CD. Despite the obvious conveniences, I still initially loathed the medium, totally based on a musicality point-of-view; way behind vinyl.
I used to refuse to record my LP to CDR for nearly a decade.
But, that was then ...
Like you now, I was misinformed ... many people can reproduce a very accurate copy of a high-end turntable/LP on digital, even 16 bit digital. Some of these recordings sound sensational, superbly dynamic and very open. Even if you manage to decipher certain sonic difference(s) between the recording and the source, that won't hinder enjoyment/musicality one iota.
Having recorded to tape for decades, they used to sound truly excellent, I can safely say that digital, even 16 bit, offers superior sound + MUCH superior convenience.
Hey, I still believe analog rules from strictly an audiophile point-of-view, but I've long realized that 16 bit digital isn't the big bad wolfe ...
tb1
Essentially, the business proposition of digital provides much better margins and lower costs for them. Audio be damned.
I find that I can tolerate CDs (and hope that this improves when I add a NOS DAC), and sometimes enjoy them but that's about it. Vinyl (and cassette) are what I like to listen to, and there's plenty of music available on both formats, as well as CD.
Big J
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
Wolfy,
Indeed I tried to extract music from CD for more than 25 years.
Now I stopped, use CD's only for convenience in the car.(that's what they are made for obviously)
Let all the CD, SACD, goeroe's talk, they don't know better. 16 bit resolution goes for maximum level, perhaps that's the reason for compressing everything up to a 10 dB range from maximum. Normal music, RMS minus 20 dB and good dynamics can never sound good, the industry knows it so loudness is here to stay and I will never buy CD's again.
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