cliveb;610390 Wrote: > In an objective sense, vinyl is a complete dog's dinner compared to CD > format digital. That said, the distortions inherent in vinyl replay can > be euphonic and some people prefer its characteristic sound. When they > say it's "better", what they really mean is that they enjoy it more. > (There is a lunatic fringe which clings to an insane belief that vinyl > is actually more accurate than digital, but they are simply howling at > the moon). > > Now, *if* you were the sort of person who prefers vinyl to digital, the > Rega TT you've heard is already far enough up the food chain to > demonstrate such a preference. Since you were not impressed with what > you heard, then there is no device higher up the food chain that will > change your mind, not even a Rockport Sirius or Goldmund Reference.
Vinyl != analog. LP mastering and playback, has a very large se of gremlins not present in "analog" per definition. The tape master would sound superoir, unless wich was common in the old days the master is somewhat tweaked to " compensate" for the vinyl distorsion, example you make the master a little thinner and no so forward in the midrange as the LP cut will get you more " body". Many LP are cut from digital master and claiming that thoose are better is just plain 24 carat stupid ! Then it's not hifi anymoore but " special effects". Hifi imho is trying to hear what in petes name is on that recording ( note the recording, the event itself is already lost ). Note this aproach does not in itself imply cold or " analytical" sound, this is also a missunderstanding. Your hifi could sound " analytical & cold " as a sfx as well as " warm " . But the foremost source of bad sound is the recording itself, and it cant be undone by anythinh you do in your hifi. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85590 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
