"Pressing Vinyl"


Take a few minutes and watch this video regarding the making of LP's from PS Audio September newsletter. Somewhat interesting.
http://vp.nyt.com/video/2015/09/21/34917_1_vinyl-manufacturing_wg_360p.mp4
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Saki70
Query :
Why do you want "New" recordings on vinyl ?
If I am reading correctly , all of the new stuff is developed in the digital realm and then 'converted' to analog . This digitization & conversion affects the aspects that we love about the original analog/vinyl sound . It's about the processing , isn't it ?

Of course it has to start with a good quality digital master. It may come from the original analogue tapes or digital sources, but the record pressing process is giving us the vinyl sound (not quite the same as the vinyl we grew up with). It's never converted back to analogue; a hi-rez digital file is used to cut the record.
As long as there is a qualified operator cutting the record and virgin vinyl is being used, and the machine is up to spec it is possible to produce a good sounding LP these days.
And then once you put the LP into your home analogue chain, the colourations are what makes listening to vinyl special.

Although, there seems to be only a few record plants capable of succeeding. But some of these new pressings are very enjoyable to listen to.