An interesting comparison of Analog and digital

[Dude111]

This is quite a complete test... They put graphs on to see whats better...

I dont think they believed us until AFTER THE TESTS

http://web.archive.org/web/20070203071752/http://users.bigpond.net.au/christie/comparo/part4.html

 

[haisaikat]

interesting indeed, nice learning, though this can trigger enough controversy.

 

[Dude111]

Oh yeah it shure can!!!!!!!

Many ppl have been so brainwashed and conditoned to think crap is better!! (Its quite sad)

 

[asliarun]

Oh yeah it shure can!!!!!!!

Many ppl have been so brainwashed and conditoned to think crap is better!! (Its quite sad)

Curious - Would you mind elaborating on what you mean by "crap is better"?

The conclusion of the article is:

Conclusions

It appears that the vinylphile claims are not as outrageous as they seem: LPs do have a usable dynamic range far greater than the measured dynamic range would suggest, and LPs consistently have higher relative dynamics over digital formats. But it is also true that LPs have higher distortion levels which translate to ultrasonic frequency harmonics.

The question is: is the higher relative dynamics of LPs an indication of higher accuracy, or are LPs exaggerating transients and dynamics? I'm not sure, and I would welcome comments.

If LPs have higher distortion and are exaggerating dynamics, it may explain why the apparent "benefits" of LPs translate even into LP recordings, and potentially explain why LPs of digital recordings sound better than their CD equivalents.

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Other things to consider: This article is from 2007, and all the songs they reviewed were recorded in early 1980s and late 1970s. Plus, "digital" here is restricted to CD format - high res is not included.

Not saying you are wrong, but you could be reading too much into the article.

 

[Fantastic]

Most times the LP master and the CD master are different and done by different engineers. So they aren't identical. I've never come across a CD that has been made from the SAME master as that made for the vinyl album. They could do it and would tell the world that it is from the exact same master as the vinyl. To prove that vinyl is better, but I haven't seen this yet. Why will the marketing people kill the goose that lays the golden egg ?

Do a simple test. Play your favourite vinyl through a good RIAA phono preamp and record it to a computer with a good sound card . Then burn a CD and play it through a good DAC. Compare the direct vinyl to the 'new' CD. Some small differences could be there depending on the quality of the ADC and DAC.

We tried this and could hardly make out any difference. Maybe you can. Try it !

 

[Sumanta]

Frankly, I care less. It is music to be enjoyed, I am not a machine.

I buy and listen to record because they are so far cheaper than CDs and they are available, CDs are not. This specifically applicable for western classical. Plus, I get a good collection of music already sorted by someone, I have to do nothing to arrange that collection.

I listen to CD of those music that I get easily, through friends, shops and net purchase.
I have some 40 GBs of soft files of varied quality. I listened to them with open, compromised or elated ears as per the quality of sound.

If the music is good, I never stop listening because of its poor sound quality.

I have CD and record of album "Madhushala" sung by Mr. Bachchan and Mr. Manna Dey. Since Record has many noise, I generally opt for CD. Both are good, both pass similar emotion to me while playing.
I do not want to spoil a game by adding rule into it.

 

[venkatcr]

Everyone seems to forget that the only way music source is stored today is digital. So when you cut a LP, you are essentially converting a source that was digital originally. Unless you put together the original team and replay the song, if you add anything during digital to LP transfer it is noise.

One possibility, of course, is that some of the music is stored at a higher resolution, and this is cut when being transferred to CD format. But as another member said, there are newer digital formats that can handle higher resolutions, some even higher than LPs.

Cheers

 

[reignofchaos]

Everyone seems to forget that the only way music source is stored today is digital. So when you cut a LP, you are essentially converting a source that was digital originally. Unless you put together the original team and replay the song, if you add anything during digital to LP transfer it is noise.

One possibility, of course, is that some of the music is stored at a higher resolution, and this is cut when being transferred to CD format. But as another member said, there are newer digital formats that can handle higher resolutions, some even higher than LPs.

Cheers

I guess you have not heard about Analog Productions or Speaker Corner records. They still do the entire process in analog from analog master tape.

 

[Dude111]

Well IF THEY CAN GET IT which probably isnt very often