Audiophile witch hunt or basic common sense?

[froze]

Did anyone ever make a fuss about compact discs being made from analogue masters? Particularly those produced as AAD? Not that I recall. But now we have the anti-vinyl brigade trying to make a big thing out of this.

Actually I remember this stuff, and yes they did, and they still do because most analogue masters done back in the day sound like crap on CD because they try to clean up the sound and ruin it in the process.

 

[ToppingSMSL]

Did anyone ever make a fuss about compact discs being made from analogue masters? Particularly those produced as AAD? Not that I recall. But now we have the anti-vinyl brigade trying to make a big thing out of this.

Why would they? Analogue masters were all there was. There wasn't much anyone could do about that.

 

[davidf]

Why would they? Analogue masters were all there was. There wasn't much anyone could do about that.

Digitally recording music had been around long before CD appeared on the scene.

 

[davidf]

Actually I remember this stuff, and yes they did, and they still do because most analogue masters done back in the day sound like crap on CD because they try to clean up the sound and ruin it in the process.

Nothing really wrong with the masters. Generally, music captured in the analogue era tends to sound better on analogue, as that was the medium it was originally mastered for. Many of the earlier CDs have better dynamic range compared to newer, compressed masters.

 

[ToppingSMSL]

Digitally recording music had been around long before CD appeared on the scene.

Oh hardly a mainstream thing, don't be so disingenuous.

 

[Jasonovich]

Actually I remember this stuff, and yes they did, and they still do because most analogue masters done back in the day sound like crap on CD because they try to clean up the sound and ruin it in the process.

You homed in on the methodology i.e. the process and agree 100%.
When I'm purchasing my digital downloads from Nativedsd, I have two preferences, pure DSD recordings or original analogue tape to DSD.
I think this digital analogue debate has a tendency to be self serving depending on ones entrenched opinions or vested interests, seems a little pointless. It's more about the process, either formats can sound great 😃 👍

 

[Al ears]

You homed in on the methodology i.e. the process and agree 100%.
When I'm purchasing my digital downloads from Nativedsd, I have two preferences, pure DSD recordings or original analogue tape to DSD.
I think this digital analogue debate has a tendency to be self serving depending on ones entrenched opinions or vested interests, seems a little pointless. It's more about the process, either formats can sound great 😃 👍

Hear, hear!

 

[Friesiansam]

Oh hardly a mainstream thing, don't be so disingenuous.

He didn’t claim it was mainstream, nor was he being disingenuous. Look up the history of digital recording, it’s not difficult.

 

[ToppingSMSL]

He didn’t claim it was mainstream, nor was he being disingenuous. Look up the history of digital recording, it’s not difficult.

In the context of the discussion here it certainly was disingenuous. And I know about the history of digital recording, that's why I feel able to call him out for being disingenuous here.

 

[JDL]

Don't expect me to know what it was John 🙂
It was two or three tracks of peaceful music to suit the 'U' (unwind).…..probably intended to help you sleep.

Oh, that sounds a bit dodgy ha ha.
My challenge to you would be to listen Rachmaninov's "Isle of the Dead", the version by the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy and or Rachmaninov's Symphonies 1 and 2 same orchestra same conductor and Rachmaninov's Piano Concertos complete, by Earl Wild (piano) conducted by Horenstein.
You won't fall asleep, I promise you.

 

[JDL]

Actually I remember this stuff, and yes they did, and they still do because most analogue masters done back in the day sound like crap on CD because they try to clean up the sound and ruin it in the process.

I don't understand where your coming from.
I gave up listening to rock music about 5 years ago even though * had no complaints about sound quality on CD with my own equipment.
Some of the best recordings I have on CD were recorded between 1965 or so and 1990. And some newer ones as well.
For example Beethoven Piano Sonatas played by Emil Gilels, recorded by Deutsche Grammophon in the 1980s are absolutely wonderful recordings. On CD on my equipment the sound is sublime.
Similarly, virtually every recording of anything by the Concertgebouw Orchestra between mid 60s and 90s again, fantastic.
Beethoven 9 Symphonies, again Deutsche Grammophon, 1963, Karajan fantastic. All on CD.
It all depends what CD player, what amp, and what speakers. A lot of CD players make music sound awful, but not all CD players.