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I am sure I have asked this before...
This has always pixellated me ever since I was able to get my Mac (or/and PC) with the Spectrum/Spectogram display back in the early 2000s and started comparing the CD versions to the LP versions of the same album.
Of course there are very early CDs that were apparently 14 (!!!) bit and the A/D converters were not nearly as good as they are today.
For example, my favorite analog recording and mix comparison where the LP wipes the floor with the CD counterpart is Thomas Dolby's "Aliens ate my Buick".
Of course , there are others where the point is moot and they y both sound almost the same like Mr. Mister's "Welcome to the real world". (I am referring to the FIRST CD pressings, not remasters , etc.), but those are analog recordings and mixes.
I am referring to early Digital (44.1 or 48 KHz) recordings and mixes.
Here is one of my favorite instances: Rush's "Hold your Fire".
Question:
WHY THE HELL ARE THERE SO MANY HARMONICS ON THE LP VERSION?
Here is "Force Ten" on the HD Tracks version, notice how there is basically nothing above 20K:
and , here is the LP capture done in my system: Technics Linear Tracking TT with an Ortofon OM30 cart, an Akiyama preamp , into a MOTU 828mkII and an iMac running Logic Pro. Notice all the extra stuff. And NO, I did NOT touch it nor EQ it!
It looks like an analog recording and mix, doesn't it?
These extra harmonics can be attributed to:
-the stylus playback
-the fact that the signal was cut into vinyl creating "waves" since the vinyl is mostly soft and more akin to liquid.
-???(Please feel free to add your info)
I have had my wife do a blind test with her playing the files and I could tell which one was the LP against the HDTracks, of course , the LP sounds brighter...
This is one of the reasons I prefer to get a new release on LP rather than on CD and why I prefer early pressings cause the masters have not deteriorated; remasters are good and well but 30-40-50 year old tapes have already deteriorated.
Have I opened a can of worms? I hope so...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
I am sure I have asked this before...
This has always pixellated me ever since I was able to get my Mac (or/and PC) with the Spectrum/Spectogram display back in the early 2000s and started comparing the CD versions to the LP versions of the same album.
Of course there are very early CDs that were apparently 14 (!!!) bit and the A/D converters were not nearly as good as they are today.
For example, my favorite analog recording and mix comparison where the LP wipes the floor with the CD counterpart is Thomas Dolby's "Aliens ate my Buick".
Of course , there are others where the point is moot and they y both sound almost the same like Mr. Mister's "Welcome to the real world". (I am referring to the FIRST CD pressings, not remasters , etc.), but those are analog recordings and mixes.
I am referring to early Digital (44.1 or 48 KHz) recordings and mixes.
Here is one of my favorite instances: Rush's "Hold your Fire".
Question:
WHY THE HELL ARE THERE SO MANY HARMONICS ON THE LP VERSION?
Here is "Force Ten" on the HD Tracks version, notice how there is basically nothing above 20K:
and , here is the LP capture done in my system: Technics Linear Tracking TT with an Ortofon OM30 cart, an Akiyama preamp , into a MOTU 828mkII and an iMac running Logic Pro. Notice all the extra stuff. And NO, I did NOT touch it nor EQ it!
It looks like an analog recording and mix, doesn't it?
These extra harmonics can be attributed to:
-the stylus playback
-the fact that the signal was cut into vinyl creating "waves" since the vinyl is mostly soft and more akin to liquid.
-???(Please feel free to add your info)
I have had my wife do a blind test with her playing the files and I could tell which one was the LP against the HDTracks, of course , the LP sounds brighter...
This is one of the reasons I prefer to get a new release on LP rather than on CD and why I prefer early pressings cause the masters have not deteriorated; remasters are good and well but 30-40-50 year old tapes have already deteriorated.
Have I opened a can of worms? I hope so...
squiggle squiggle
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!