mlsstl wrote: > Over a 10 year period I transferred about 2,000 LPs to CD/44.1K digital > format (which I finished 2 or 3 years ago -- now just doing the odd > album here and there). Back-to-back and level-matched, I never could > tell the difference between direct playback of the LP and the unedited > digital copy. To me, that says that the commonly ascribed differences > between the LP and commercial CD releases has far more to do with > processing/mastering decisions than anything inherent to the storage > format. > > Of course, LPs, with their 40 dB equalization swing from 20 Hz to 20 KHz > and the various constraints imposed by the physical aspects of putting > sound in plastic grooves, imposed certain limitations as to how music > for LPs was recorded and processed. The CD was free of many of these > constraints, which ironically, led to fads -- never "required" by the > format -- such as the loudness wars. > > However, fad and fashion rules, often taking precedence over capturing > the musicality, dynamic range and subtleties of live acoustic music. > Give people unrestricted tools as digital has done, and they will play > with them.
And sadly make gooey mess of it ? :( The music is important not the format . Many audiophiles are a bit format obsessed at the moment . It made sense in the past not really now , but it sticks and you can resell them dark side of the moon yet again ? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106560 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
