browellm wrote:
> Nah, everything's released on vinyl now. Honestly, check it out on
> Amazon. I've bought hundreds of new releases.
Maybe you can buy 100's of new releases on vinyl over a period of years,
but the number of digital new releases on digital formats over the same
time frame are
ralphpnj wrote:
> Not to pick a fight but your knowledge of jazz is rather limited. For
> example the group Mostly Other People Do the Killing has no vinyl
> available but plenty of CDs and downloads, the same is true for J.D.
> Allen and countless others. Plus the vinyl is way more expensive
browellm wrote:
> Just buy a record player. You'll get better post production and more
> dynamic range on most new releases, ironically because of the
> limitations of the cutting equipment.
This widespread belief that vinyl has to be cut from less compromised
masters due to the limitations of
cliveb wrote:
> This widespread belief that vinyl has to be cut from less compromised
> masters due to the limitations of the format is misplaced. There is a
> growing body of evidence that most modern rock/pop LPs are cut from a
> master that is derived from precisely the same hypercompressed
ralphpnj wrote:
> Thanks Clive for this fantastic and very informative post. And you're
> right, vinyl can often times quite marvelous but nothing beats listening
> to one's own music collection all day and never having to clean and put
> away any LPs, CDs or SACDS.
Spot. The f***. On.
P.S
My Inguz installation no longer can access the directory set up for the
filters and logs, as the SIP took away the user/share structure and I no
longer have permission to md in terminal. I gather that I can make a
new directory that is allowable, either under a specific profile or
something. Do
cliveb wrote:
> This widespread belief that vinyl has to be cut from less compromised
> masters due to the limitations of the format is misplaced. There is a
> growing body of evidence that most modern rock/pop LPs are cut from a
> master that is derived from precisely the same hypercompressed
That makes me remember my old Pioneer dbx tapedeck :)
It sounded good and loud but the pumping noise added got on my nerves
quickly.
Btw. greynol at Hydrogen did some and adding a rumble filter with
Audition alone raised the DR from 5 to 10, adding highs even more.
I'm not sure but I believe that the dynamic range compression used on so
many popular music CDs is the result of trying to push the overall
volume of the CD way, way up. Remember that dynamic range compression
was originally used on radio broadcasts to make the quiet passages
louder so that there
cliveb wrote:
> This widespread belief that vinyl has to be cut from less compromised
> masters due to the limitations of the format is misplaced. There is a
> growing body of evidence that most modern rock/pop LPs are cut from a
> master that is derived from precisely the same hypercompressed
There are other considerations mastering lp , its a v shaped grove the
needle must be physicallly able to move you cant have and dont get
perfect channel separation , so the lowest bass is usually mono , you
cant have to much treble energy either and probably a whole bunch of
other subtle
browellm wrote:
> Ah, sorry I thought you were referring to pop/rock releases because of
> this line.
Sorry for the confusion.
browellm wrote:
> You're right, I know nothing about jazz releases on vinyl :D. But as
> you say jazz/classical are great on digital anyway because the
> production
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