On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 09:55:50AM +0100, robin wrote: > >May I be annoying, and raise a technical point here? > > > >Digitalised music is always an "approximation", so I prefer to stick > >with "the real thing" and keep my vinyl. > >In a decent sound system anyone can tell the difference when > >comparing the "real thing" with .wav, .mp3 or any other standard > >digital format... > > i used to think like that guilherme. thing is tho i've not met a dj yet > who knows how to drive the levels properly on a dj mixer (and once one > dj in a night pushes those levels into the red all that follow more or > less have to do the same) and almost all club PA's are pretty poor > quality.
I agree 100% with all you guys said about club/dj sound systems. It is the glass window comparison... But I almost always buy records because of the music, barely have in mind the club/DJ tool concept, and 98% of the time I am listenin to them in my home stereo. So it is important they sound good there. > i also think that people's ears are trained to hear vinyl specific > mastering. if someone plays something digitally that's been mastered > for that media (off a cd for example) the sound is definitely > different. i prefer my own recorded off vinyl files for that reason. Yes, that was my question. You still need a good source (vinyl) to digitalise from, and in my experience 16/44 does result in considerable degradation of the sound (comparing to the vinyl source), specially for less processed funk, jazz, etc... G ---------------------------
