Pretty cute but that’s been my standard comeback for ten years. You could say it’s protected. Get your own material! You can use my line for a small fee, that’s the best I can do.
Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other
One common theme I read on forums here and elsewhere is the view by many that there is a pecking order in quality:
Top - High Quality Analog TapeNext - VinylBottom - Digital
I will go out on a limb and say that most, probably approaching almost all those making the claim have never heard a really good analog tape machine and high resolution digital side by side, and have certainly never heard what comes out the other end when it goes to vinyl, i.e. heard the tape/file that went to the cutter, then compared that to the resultant record?
High quality analog tape and high quality digital sound very similar. Add a bit of hiss (noise) to digital, and it would be very difficult to tell which is which. It is not digital, especially high resolution digital that is the outlier, it is vinyl. It is different from the other two. Perhaps if more people actually experienced this, they would have a different approach to analog/vinyl?
This post has nothing to do with personal taste. If you prefer vinyl, then stick with it and enjoy it. There are reasons why the analog processing that occurs in the vinyl "process" can result in a sound that pleases someone. However, knowledge is good, and if you are set in your ways, you may be preventing the next leap.
Top - High Quality Analog TapeNext - VinylBottom - Digital
I will go out on a limb and say that most, probably approaching almost all those making the claim have never heard a really good analog tape machine and high resolution digital side by side, and have certainly never heard what comes out the other end when it goes to vinyl, i.e. heard the tape/file that went to the cutter, then compared that to the resultant record?
High quality analog tape and high quality digital sound very similar. Add a bit of hiss (noise) to digital, and it would be very difficult to tell which is which. It is not digital, especially high resolution digital that is the outlier, it is vinyl. It is different from the other two. Perhaps if more people actually experienced this, they would have a different approach to analog/vinyl?
This post has nothing to do with personal taste. If you prefer vinyl, then stick with it and enjoy it. There are reasons why the analog processing that occurs in the vinyl "process" can result in a sound that pleases someone. However, knowledge is good, and if you are set in your ways, you may be preventing the next leap.
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geoffkait, Well, now when you added that part about small fee and other non-sense, you should be ashamed to have no jokes of your own and steal others’. You do grab a number of my ideas and present them as yours, which would be fine if you did not poach them and then insult me. Get yourself your own jokes, like others do. It is sad to watch you steal and pretend it was yours. Shame on you. I know you are envious, but have some face. |
Fortunately Wikipedia has a lot of science stuff that everyone’s favorite wiki scientist, roberttdid, roberttcan, whoever can pretend to know. He just can’t remember what thread he’s supposed to be on or who he’s talking to, that’s all. I don’t have to squeeze his head any more, it comes out of his mouth all by itself now. Plooooop! |
geoffkait, You should have learned by now that honorable retreat is better than dishonorable defeat. You need to know when to stop. For example, roberttdid did make a very clear mistake, got "caught", acknowledged it was a mistake and that he was incorrect, and saved his face. He did not claim it was a Nigerian hacker who got into his account and falsely wrote whatever there was. Trying to ridicule others while you are obviously making the facts up is finally a joke you have not been looking for. It is ok, you can use my lines any time you want, but stay polite. By the way, I was serious about that money you should be getting back from your school. It was not even a joke. |
Dear @mikelavigne In this an other threads you posted that as there are several LPs that outperform the digital version there are too some digital recordings that beats the analog/LP versions. Could you at least give to us 2-3 digital recordings that beats LPs version? Thank's in advance and appreciated. Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
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@rauliruegas to make sure i am on the same page with you, you are asking for 2-3 Lp’s where the digital version is better sounding than the vinyl version. right? i’m at work right now so i’ll pull a couple from my memory. Reference Recordings does some amazing digital recordings. RR-93---Eiji-Copland---Cd verses 33rpm Masterworks Lp. https://referencerecordings.com/recording/copland-100-minnesota-orchestra/ i own both. the Lp sucks. the CD beats it like a drum. RR-25 Nojima Plays Listz--CD https://referencerecordings.com/nojima-plays-liszt-now-available-on-vinyl-2/ this is an analog recording. and the original Lp pressing of this recording is really great. but the CD is also very good. unfortunately the digitally sourced 45rpm vinyl reissue referenced in the link sucks and the CD is better. i have to get back to work. when i have more time i will list more. |
Dear @mikelavigne : I own the original RR-25 LP ( Not the 45rpm. ) and is as you said really good but I don't own the CD version so time to listen to it. Thank's. As a fact I own all the original RR LPs and I think I own the Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances in CD version too that I don't listened by a lot of years now. Other RR CD I own is one that Johnson sayid was recorded: D2D and maybe I own 2-3 more RR CDs but I'm not sure. I really appreciated your recomendations about because at the end it does not matters the recording medium but the performance it self and its quality levels of those recordings. R. |
