Dayvo said:I haven't worked out how to do it on CDs - yet!
Ghost Donkey said:I realise recordings were engineered differently for vinyl as it has different characteristics but I go for accurate depiction all the way.
I assume by "lower resolution" you refer to mp3 and other lossy compression formats. I'd argue that we've always had low resolution formats, in the shape of the compact cassette and the AM radio.Mr Pig said:I think that the fact that most people have lower resolution systems in their homes today is a direct result of the move to digital. It sounds ok as long as you don't shine too bright a light on it.
RIAA equalisation, iirc. On recording you reduce the bass (makes the playback needle less likely to jump out of the groove) and increase treble (so the signal survives above the surface noise). On playback, do the opposite. It's a long way from transparentGhost Donkey said:I realise recordings were engineered differently for vinyl as it has different characteristics but I go for accurate depiction all the way.
Unless you have golden ears...Ghost Donkey said:I'm no hi-fi buff but cds are pretty much transparent...
Mr Pig said:I couldn't say that vinyl is better in every way, that's not true. CDs are far more consistent from one to another and it's much easier to get an impressive sound out of them but they always have a sterility that reduces involvement compared to analog at its best. And vinyl virtually always sound pleasant on the ear where as CD done wrong sounds truly horrible.
And I would argue that CD is not accurate. It's just that the parts that are missing are harder to define and measure, but they are missing. I think that the fact that most people have lower resolution systems in their homes today is a direct result of the move to digital. It sounds ok as long as you don't shine too bright a light on it.
coruskate said:RIAA equalisation, iirc. On recording you reduce the bass (makes the playback needle less likely to jump out of the groove) and increase treble (so the signal survives above the surface noise). On playback, do the opposite. It's a long way from transparent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization
NickM said:Unless you have golden ears...
If you transcribe an LP to CD-R (in my case, with a Linn LP12, Ortofon moving coil and EAR phono stage plugged into a Flying Cow 24 bit A-to-D converter), all the colouration that makes LP so cuddly comes along for the ride. I would defy anybody to tell the difference between LP and transcription in a proper blinded listening test (that's why hi-fi magazines don't do blind tests).
Besides, almost all LPs made since the advent of digital sound were mastered on cutting equipment driven by a digital source
Indeed we are. Preference for the sound of LPs is just that, a preference.Ghost Donkey said:I think we're making the same point here
Uncle Mort said:It wasn't one of their best admittedly.
Cassette tape. Pah. What you need is a proper reel-to-reel. Just look at that pine effect sidewall.