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Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?

It’s obvious right? They sound different, and I’m sure they measure differently. Well we know the dynamic range of cd’s is larger than vinyl.

But do we have an agreed description or agreed measurements of the differences between vinyl and digital?

I know this is a hot topic so I am asking not for trouble but for well reasoned and detailed replies, if possible. And courtesy among us. Please.

I’ve always wondered why vinyl sounds more open, airy and transparent in the mid range. And of cd’s and most digital sounds quieter and yet lifeless than compared with vinyl. YMMV of course, I am looking for the reasons, and appreciation of one another’s experience.

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Ps Audio recently posted on this very topic. Perhaps the answers you seek are contained within Paul’s posts. 

@wturkey while it is possible for Paul to provide an answer, I have nmot seen it happen for me so far. But a link is easier to click on.

 

Back to the reality of the thread..
the OP says/asks:

 

 

Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?

Is there a synopsis of the measurements?
(I know you are kind of asking it as a question, and the thread has strayed into subjective places.)

 

But do we have an agreed description or agreed measurements of the differences between vinyl and digital?

Yes… Do we have an idea of what to consider and what to look at?

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