I didn't start out this thread to knock CD's or digital format music. All I can say is sitting down with several LP's, the tracks of which I'm very familar with on CD's, I heard details, ambience, harmonics, silky smooth sounds and power, I never heard on the CD versions.
Three examples: Beatles - Fool on the Hill. Night and day difference. The LP version conveys far more emotion and feeling (only way I can describe it). Beatles - Revolution. I never even really noticed the drums before. They're like a locomotive chugging away in the background, really powerful, pulling the rest of the song along with it. And the raw guitar riffs, wow. Nat King Cole - Route 66. The little details, the leading and trailing pieces of words and phrases. In some cases I think even his breathing. The sound is so good the occasional dust click or pop fades into the background. It makes want to say "Shame on the music industry". I'm sure there was a conspiracy to rob our ears and souls of good music, simply to make a few billion bucks on CD's. ;-) Tom On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Steve Sharpe <[email protected]> wrote: > I have heard some pretty lousy CDs in my time...but inevitably because the > source material was poorly mastered. > > I have heard some lousy LPs in my time...especially LPs made from the 70s > onwards, after the manufacturers started using recycled vinyl. LPs also can > suffer from poor mastering, too; plus poor pressing. They are also more > delicate than a CD, they are more prone to dust and they wear when you play > them. > > In short, while it may be possible to have an LP sound as good as a CD, in > my real world experience with both, CDs usually come out ahead. > > And that's just the short version! When you add the additional variables > that differing stereo equipment and systems throw in, things become real > complex. > > -- > > Steve Sharpe > [email protected] > • > > http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
