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In Reply to: RE: Analog vs Digital debate posted by BobH on February 25, 2015 at 22:35:24
Now post on the vinyl asylum and compare the responses.
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I can imagine! Because there are so many avid lovers of vinyl, I am occasionally tempted to bring out my old Thorens turntable to give another listen. That was why I asked this forum, which is more technically oriented, for some data, essentially on the details of the two "sounds".
Assuming those articles by J. E. Johnson were correct, and it seems creditable, I have my answer. The "magic" of the LP is very real, and I can understand its appeal. It is more than real; kind of an artistic enhancement of the music. I imagine that the original artists expected the additional strong overtones (I think "distortion" is incorrect) and welcomed it. An analogy is what happened with organ music in the Romantic period. The pipe organs were covered with boxes with panels that could be opened to produce a very mellow and smooth sound. It is the only way to listen to the music of Vierne for example. NOT for Bach.
Since my preferences are for baroque and classical period music, I want to hear the primary overtones produced by the instruments only, as intended. It best matches what I hear live. For the small amount of jazz I listen to, it is not worth the hassle of the extra equipment and annoyance. At least I now know what I am missing.
I probably do enjoy classical more on digital, w/ my current DAC than on viny (I will have to compare my DG Beethoven records to CDs one day), but I keep a TT setup now mainly for the albums which I do not have on CD (when I want to hear one and feel like the extra hassle). I do like my Brandenburg concerto vinyl set, but have not spun that in a while.
I do like Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here on my Japanese half-speed master record much more than on the SACD on my system
Edits: 03/05/15
Every time I go down to my storage room, I get the urge to set up my Rega P3 again. But I would need a phono stage and room to set up a turntable stand. Then I go up and fire up the Macbook and play my music via the remote appp from my phone on my couch and forget all about it. The Rega sure looks nice though and I miss cleaning the LPs.
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