The same factors apply to CDs.
Audiophile CDs have much better sound quality than the ones you find in
the discount bin at WalMart; especially some of the early CD issues of 60s
& 70s LPs that were digitized straight from the old LP "master" tapes
without any kind of re-mixing, re-mastering ... that's why there are
re-issues (one reason anyway).
Indeed. There is a lot of quality variation in all formats.
But its not like CDs are representative of state-of-the-art digital music
formats anyway,nor have been for a long time. Even in consumer equipment,
it's been, what, 10 years since SACD/DVDA came on the scene?
These suffer from exactly what you talk about though, too many are merely
upconversions of CD recordings, themselves often digitized from dodgey
analogue masters.
But a well mastered SACD/DVDA is pretty damn impressive. Just a shame
there's not more stuff being released on them, though its still probably
more than the amount of new stuff released on vinyl :(
- Peter
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