chill wrote: > That example, surely, is a testament to the mastering process, rather > than the playback chain. If you were to make a digital recording of > that vinyl record and play it back through your Touch, you would > discover whether your existing playback chain is capable of matching > your reference point.
That's been my experience. I have virtually all of the original Sheffield Direct-to-Disk recordings as well as a some of the other D2D LPs released in the 1970s. I find they sound the same after conversion to digital. I spent many years converting my LP and open reel collection to digital. About one-third of my 50,000-plus collection of songs was converted from analog. If the LP or open reel sounded good, so does the digital copy I made. I know some people disagree, but that's their problem. Typically one finds they are comparing the original LP against a commercial CD that has been reprocessed to give a more modern sound. Very few record companies that re-release old analog material on CD can resist the temptation to "improve" things. If one hasn't done the analog-digital conversion themselves, most people have no idea just how accurate digital can be when one resists the temptation to engage in all the current fads & fashions prevalent in the recording industry. Of course, there has -always- been fads & fashions in recording. During the 1960s, pop material was processed to stand out on AM radio, for example. It is just those trends do change over time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95031 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
