RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording

Posted by John Elison (A) on January 9, 2023 at 15:18:15

In Reply to: RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording posted by flood2 on January 3, 2023 at 16:20:02:

> Whilst I would never suggest to anyone on this particular forum to listen to a digital recording of their vinyl rather than playing the record

If you're concerned about accurate reproduction, you might find it beneficial to listen to a digital copy of a record versus the record itself. This is because most, if not all turntables, are affected to some degree by acoustic feedback. Records with loud, deep bass normally respond the most to acoustic feedback. If you have a high quality digital recorder like the TASCAM DA-3000 DSD recorder, you might find you get a more accurate performance from the digital copy than the vinyl record. You can test this very easily.

With your speakers turned off, make a digital copy of the vinyl record. Next, synchronize the record with the digital copy so you can make an A/B comparison as you listen at a loud volume level. Depending upon the degree to which your turntable is affected by acoustic feedback, you might hear a noticeable difference. I've done this comparison and find that with some records the difference is quite noticeable. The bass is very tight and well defined on the digital copy whereas it seems to linger and reverberate more from the vinyl record. It doesn't necessarily sound bad on the vinyl record, but the difference is sometimes quite noticeable. Consequently, if you want to hear the bass response the way it was intended to sound, it might be beneficial to listen to the digital copy instead of the vinyl record.

You should try this sometime and see what you think, assuming you have an accurate digital recorder to copy your vinyl.

Happy listening!
John Elison

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Topic - A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - ecl876 18:00:54 01/01/23 (28)

RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - John Elison 20:43:18 01/01/23 (19)

RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - flood2 00:59:57 01/02/23 (15)

So When is a Direct to Disk Recording NOT a Direct to Disk Recording? - Mel 07:35:57 01/02/23 (7)

RE: So When is a Direct to Disk Recording NOT a Direct to Disk Recording? - ecl876 08:08:53 01/02/23 (6)

WHY DOES IT MATTER? - LtMandella 21:27:46 01/02/23 (0)

RE: So When is a Direct to Disk Recording NOT a Direct to Disk Recording? - Mel 08:39:37 01/02/23 (4)

RE: So When is a Direct to Disk Recording NOT a Direct to Disk Recording? - ecl876 09:06:00 01/02/23 (3)

RE: So When is a Direct to Disk Recording NOT a Direct to Disk Recording? - Mel 10:05:12 01/02/23 (2)

RE: So When is a Direct to Disk Recording NOT a Direct to Disk Recording? - Mel 11:51:21 01/02/23 (1)

RE: So When is a Direct to Disk Recording NOT a Direct to Disk Recording? - ecl876 13:04:04 01/02/23 (0)

RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - John Elison 03:14:34 01/02/23 (6)

RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - flood2 12:36:12 01/02/23 (5)

RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - John Elison 14:14:56 01/02/23 (4)

RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - flood2 17:07:32 01/02/23 (3)

RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - John Elison 21:25:58 01/02/23 (2)

RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - flood2 16:20:02 01/03/23 (1)

RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - John Elison 15:18:15 01/09/23 (0)

RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - ecl876 22:02:05 01/01/23 (2)

RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - John Elison 03:26:08 01/02/23 (1)

RE: A Superb Direct to Disc Recording - BalleClorin1 22:33:51 04/05/23 (0)

And you can buy the LP ... where? - Amphissa 19:50:37 01/01/23 (7)

Presto Music is where I got mine nt - steve.ott@kctcs.edu 21:23:24 01/04/23 (0)

RE: And you can buy the LP ... where? - ecl876 20:19:11 01/01/23 (1)

Thanks for the link. I just bought one. - jperry 09:17:40 04/06/23 (0)

RE: And you can buy the LP ... where? - Tre' 20:17:58 01/01/23 (3)

RE: And you can buy the LP ... where? - Don Reid 08:44:00 01/02/23 (2)

RE: And you can buy the LP ... where? - ecl876 08:50:39 01/02/23 (1)

RE: And you can buy the LP ... where? - ecl876 09:38:19 01/02/23 (0)

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