darrenyeats wrote: > I have experienced two moments of pure magic in audio ... both on CD ... > but I believe this is circumstantial. > > In my opinion, believing vinyl is superior is like believing the earth > is flat! That your experience is the opposite isn't a problem, I can > well believe it, because mastering is far more important. On DR Database > you can see the first vinyl pressing of Abbey Road is significantly more > dynamic than all digital versions in the database including Mofi, > Japanese imports or any other. > > Then again, for many other albums even the standard digital version is > great. > > There is no magic going on here, mastering is the key and there is > plenty of evidence on DR Database about the frequent (thankfully not too > widespread) discrepancies between vinyl and CD masters--which probably > affect other aspects as well as dynamic range. > Darren
I would agree with you on that one. The interesting thing (to me) is the discovery that even the LPs that have been cut from the same stamper (indicating that they're definitely from the same master) tend to sound different. So although mastering is the key, there's still something else going on. I'm not calling it magic, but some random fact of chance definitely seems to be playing a role. Otherwise all LPs cut from the same production line/stampers would be indistinguishable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ heisenberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98603 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
