Hi JCO I have some really nice analog recordings, on some of the lp's I can hear things which are simple not on the same CD, for example the pseudo quadro vinyl recording of Pink Floyd's "Atom heart mother" or the direct from the master recorded "Dark side of the moon" sound better than the common CD (maybe third generation copy).
But you need a very expensive and well calibrated system to hear that difference, I can only hear it with the Stax electrostatic earphones. And the price difference for that little extra quality is incredible. Nobody mentioned, that most of us simple do not have the room and/or good acoustics and understanding neighborhood to listen at the correct loudness, that's the most limiting factor on the other side of the chain. You may have the finest equipment, but a real deep bass for example needs up to ~ 10 Meters length, I sadly have no rooms this wide, my neighbor can see the cups in his kitchen jump if I turn up the John Bowers Active One speakers or even the small Sub woofer. Beside that, there are some wonderful digital recordings, not to mention 5.1 sound or film soundtracks. I have some recordings on CD which could not be pressed on vinyl, for example super low computer generated bass. If you can, listen to that Absolute Sound CD, I just love it on a 7.1 system with Lexicon (analog) decoder :-) For me, this discussion is a bit academic. Not even naming one example of a very good recording is like eating dry bread for me :-) I would make a profit If you or anybody else would mention some good recordings in both worlds. audiophile greetings Markus > listen to a top end playback vinyl playback > system TODAY and bring along your "best" CD > to listen to afterwards, if you don't hear > the dropoff in fidelity you must have sub > normal hearing. I am not kidding, it really > is not close. > > JCO >
