Digital vs Analog experiment
Here is an experiment I did. I own the same recording as
LP and 24/96 recording sound identical to me. Both sound better than any of the first three. Now, HD Tracks file sounds better than CD, but not by much. Which gives me feeling that what they sell or stream is a studio master before it was downsampled to 16/44 for CD production.
So basically the LP is simply mastered better. CD is mastered to be played in cars and on consumer equipment. LPs tend to be mastered for more advanced listeners, or at least is as compressed.
The issue is not that analog is inherently better. The recording is actually different.
mikhailark Was your test “blind”? How many sets of ears participated? Just you? With a digital source naturally more depth should sound better. But compaing a record to a Cd to s file would require a set up and benchmarks that are difficult to enact. What equipment was used? |
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