haraldo wrote: > Phil Leigh;271073 Wrote: >> Problem is that vinyl never had very much dynamic range in th e first >> place - and compression (at or before the cutting heads) was >> expected... > > Arghh, then we are totally s... (oops, almost bad langauge)
Yes, we are mostly .... > I've read somewhere though that the noise level on well processed vinyl > is actually lower in some part of the critical midrange compared to > ordinary red-book CD. (This is actually backed by real life > measurements, I can't locate it now, though....) > > Many vinyl pressings are definitely not lacking dynamics Vinyl was /is done without loudness wars. There is tons of compression done, and it varies by frequency. With vinyl, big bass can literally cause the needle to jump out of the groove. So mastering engineers have to be very good. With CDs, any bozo can claim to be a mastering engineer, and turn the compressor up to 11. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
