And another problem with your A/B comparison...... The Go go's "We got the beat", are you kidding me, that was your test song. Not exactly the high quality recording one might use for this kind of experimentation. The song has too much going on in it and I would think impossible to catch all of the nuances of a great recording. My opinion has nothing to do with the performance, just the recording. If I were running this test, I might grab a vinyle that truly has a great recording quality..... Anything from say Steely Dan for instance. That would be a better baseline to start with. You may as well have done this with Led Zeppelin..... Love the band, hate the recordings.
New take on CD vs Vinyl vs CD
What if I digitize a vinyl record, and compare that CD to both it’s rebook CD, and the actual record?
1. Clean record (using a VPI HW-17)
2. Put vinyl on turntable (Ortofon Blue cart)
3. De-magnetize vinyl using a Furutech Destat III
4. Record vinyl using a Harmon Kardon CDR 20
My Parasound Halo integrated allows nice A/B/C comparison.
I used 2 CD players: Sony CDPXA7 ES, and XA 20 ES
I put the song on (‘We got the beat’ Go-Go’s) all 3 sources at the same moment (using all 3 of my hands)
Though the turntable and it’s mediocre cart is the weakest link, it sounded pretty nice. I then switched back and forth and forth a few times till I had a winner.
By far the digitized copy of the vinyl sounded best. Not the outcome I expected.
I then A/B’d both CD players, with the result remaining the same.
Can anyone explain this, besides my psychologist?