mlsstl wrote: > 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. Sorry, but what you have just said doesn't make sense.
The fact that a faithful digital recording of an LP sounds exactly the same as the LP is no surprise. But comparing a digital recording of an LP to the LP is not the same as comparing a commercial CD release to the LP. They are bound to sound different, even if the mastering is exactly the same, for the simple reason that the LP format inevitably introduces a variety of distortions and extra noise. There's a widely held belief that LPs are cut from different masters than CDs (and that the LP master is somehow superior, eg. less dynamic range compression). While this is true in some cases, a large proportion of modern LP releases are cut from exactly the same hypercompressed and clipped master that the CD is made from. Any difference in sound between the two is down to the format (and if you happen to prefer the LP, that's fine). Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106560 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
