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In Reply to: Vinyl article posted by Ryan T on July 31, 2017 at 19:24:02:
This is a confusing, if fascinating subject. I have LPs that sound better than the CD versions of same. Conversely I have CD versions that sound better than their LP versions. I have new re-issues of LPs that compare favorably with older original versions of same, but the reverse is true too. One of the most perplexing contradictions is the remaster of older analog recordings. Some remasters are digital, some are analog, and either way the remasters usually, but not always, sound better than the original versions. How can an original analog recording be remastered digitally and then recut as a new vinyl LP and have it sound better than the original analog LP? But this is common.
A separate, but related factor in all this is playback equipment. As we know, playing back vinyl involves crossing a deep river. Turntables, cartridges, tonearms, wires, and phono-preamps all affect the sound of the LP being played. I have also found that CDs sound better on my Sony HAP-Z1ES than they do on any CD player I have tried and they even and often sound better than SACD versions of the same recordings on my Sony SACD player.
The bottom line for me is that it is impossible to draw blanket conclusions about these matters.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Vinyl article - bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net 08:07:52 08/01/17 (20)
- Curious. What digitally remastered LP's do you own that sound better the original all analog LP? - Rick W 08:24:11 08/01/17 (19)
- try the Rolling Stones LP by Abkco - Analog Scott 20:57:33 08/01/17 (1)
- No thanks. To each his own, and my own definitely does NOT include the Stones. nt - Rick W 09:00:11 08/02/17 (0)
- Brothers in Arms is a digital recording - Biff 10:42:05 08/01/17 (2)
- True, but according to Wikipedia ... - Dave Pogue 11:35:37 08/01/17 (1)
- I didn't know that. Interesting. /nt - Biff 05:14:44 08/02/17 (0)
- Not sure I have any but I do have LPs from digital sources that sound great! - volunteer 10:34:24 08/01/17 (7)
- Ok, but weren't those digital recordings to begin with (including Nightfly)? - Rick W 11:22:29 08/01/17 (2)
- The new SPLHCB surely went through some digital processing - volunteer 11:28:52 08/01/17 (1)
- I'm not anti-digital. But..... - Rick W 11:54:03 08/01/17 (0)
- RE: Not sure I have any but I do have LPs from digital sources that sound great! - Travis 10:49:23 08/01/17 (1)
- RE: Not sure I have any but I do have LPs from digital sources that sound great! - volunteer 11:06:05 08/01/17 (0)
- Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly" is a digital master. - Opus 33 1/3 10:37:54 08/01/17 (1)
- RE: Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly" is a digital master. - volunteer 10:45:21 08/01/17 (0)
- RE: Curious. What digitally remastered LP's do you own that sound better the original all analog LP? - bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net 09:52:08 08/01/17 (4)
- This will never be 'solved'. - jusbe 10:03:03 08/01/17 (3)
- RE: This will never be 'solved'. - John Elison 14:38:04 08/01/17 (0)
- RE: This will never be 'solved'. - bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net 11:25:15 08/01/17 (1)
- Fair enough. nt - jusbe 11:42:18 08/01/17 (0)
- Neither me. - jusbe 08:38:46 08/01/17 (0)