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In Reply to: RE: It's physics posted by John Elison on January 9, 2012 at 17:57:07:
>>The irony of this discussion is that TBone also uses digital recordings of vinyl to evaluate differences in turntables and cartridges.<<
Not only that, more importantly, I use it as a tool to evaluate vinyl components.
From the outside looking in, people might assume therefore that digital must be superior to vinyl since I'm using it to "evaluate" vinyl, but that would be very short-sighted and an inexperienced arrival.
I fully expect, when I record to CDR, to capture certain qualities of vinyl, but to lose other aspects based on potential superior performance. That dependency is based entirely on the quality of both the vinyl rig and to a lesser extent, the recorder.
Therefore, what I loss in sonic terms with a 16/44 CDR is primarily based on the source components overall fidelity. (If I was using 24/96 or higher, I fully expect my losses to be minimized.)
As a loose analogy, it would be like recording video using some 720p device. If the source offers 480 or equal resolution, I'd capture ~100%. If the source was superior, or 1080 based, I would still capture the a superior image to a degree, but with an obvious loss in resolution.
The trick is to comprehend, understand and justify the type of resolution lost in the process of recording vinyl to digital. However, before you can do that, you'd need to understand the very reasons why turntables have vastly different resolutions qualities in the first place.
TB1
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