ralphpnj;635216 Wrote: > Phil, > > Many of the high resolution vinyl rips that you are speaking of are > done for various different reasons such as: > > 1) The LP has not been released on CD > > 2) The vinyl is often some type of audiophile release, e.g. 180 gram, > virgin vinyl, half speed mastered, etc. > > 3) In the case of case of a recording that is available on CD many > times the ripper feels that due to the loudness war the vinyl often > sounds better, with better dynamic range and much less compression. > > High resolution vinyl rips should be taken on case by case basis and > merely dismissed out of hand since a well done rip of a high quality LP > can often sound very, very good and better than the officially released > digital version, particularly in the case of reason #3 above.
I don't disagree (but would point out that for cases 1-3 they are still illegal)... my point was that even the the most wonderful slab of vinyl does not need 24/192 to capture its information - 24/96 is more than adequate... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88056 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
