Leon74
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It's cleaner they say - The CD sound I am talking about of courseThat's cutting, very cutting...
Jasonovich
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Back then, the turntable was centre of the universe. I wonder if the momentum now going with vinyl, it will swing back in that direction?
It has shifted with the advent of digital. It is true what you say, I have been for the most part, upgrading my speakers and amp because it made more sense. If I changed the DAC, I would not hear significantly large difference between the two devices. The better DAC will smooth out the rougher edges or resolve better detail.
The degree of these sonic differences isn't as wide as two TTs from the opposite end of the market spectrum, where one is from the bargain basement al' la the false wood veneer Lenco with the many knobs and the other shiny minimalistic rotating biscuit tin, is an engineering legend and, you vomit a mouthful of latte after the Sales Rep told you the price .
froze
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The problem with new vinyl recordings is that they are indeed taken from digital masters, so you're not gaining a damn thing, just buy the CD and forget it.
However, due to the growing trend of vinyl modern recording artists are beginning to record 2 masters at the same time, one for digital and one for analog.
By the way, when I write in cursive, I find that I write neater with a fountain pen than any other type of pen, not sure why that is, the only guess I can make is that with a fountain pen, the tip grips the paper better instead of sliding over it like on ice as the other types of pens feel like. My worst penmanship comes from roller writers. I am not so old school that I was raised on fountain pens, I was raised on ballpoint pens. When I tried a fountain pen when I ran my own business it worked better for me than any other pen I had ever used, so I stayed with the fountain pen for many years. I no longer use them because unless you use that type of pen every day the ink can dry up in a fountain pen, plus fountain pens do require maintenance, and the less you use the pen the more maintenance you have to do. I always used the Parker Jotter because they were inexpensive, wrote fantastically, and I could buy the ink and the pen in a lot of local stores, Walmart, and office supply places carried them back then, but probably not true anymore, probably have to go to Amazon now.
However, due to the growing trend of vinyl modern recording artists are beginning to record 2 masters at the same time, one for digital and one for analog.
By the way, when I write in cursive, I find that I write neater with a fountain pen than any other type of pen, not sure why that is, the only guess I can make is that with a fountain pen, the tip grips the paper better instead of sliding over it like on ice as the other types of pens feel like. My worst penmanship comes from roller writers. I am not so old school that I was raised on fountain pens, I was raised on ballpoint pens. When I tried a fountain pen when I ran my own business it worked better for me than any other pen I had ever used, so I stayed with the fountain pen for many years. I no longer use them because unless you use that type of pen every day the ink can dry up in a fountain pen, plus fountain pens do require maintenance, and the less you use the pen the more maintenance you have to do. I always used the Parker Jotter because they were inexpensive, wrote fantastically, and I could buy the ink and the pen in a lot of local stores, Walmart, and office supply places carried them back then, but probably not true anymore, probably have to go to Amazon now.
DCarmi
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We doing writing implement critiques now? Did I miss something? My writing with any type of pen looks like it was done by a chicken whilst walking blindfold on cobblestones! Thank goodness for the keyboard because my scribing is now ligelbe.
Al ears
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The presumption that alll vinyl recording is taken from digital masters is erroneous.
manicm
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That's not actually important, thing is mastering is by necessity different for vinyl. If I'm correct. And they can't compress the recording as high as they can and do for CD.
Rodolfo
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You need to be patient. You're only on post #225 and probably haven't repeated yourself enough times.
froze
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Al ears
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I didn't say it was important, however it is, I was trying to correct the bit about new vinyl recordings.
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SohoAudiophile
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I'd like to get into records, but as you say putting a digital mix onto vinyl makes no sense.
Is there some scheme or marking for records that come from an analogue original recording that has never been digitised? Some watermark of 'analogue-only path' from reording would be useful.
Is there some scheme or marking for records that come from an analogue original recording that has never been digitised? Some watermark of 'analogue-only path' from reording would be useful.
Jasonovich
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NativeDSD, I download my music from there a lot but they also do vinyl mastered from analogue. I'm not sure how extensive is their analogue catalogue but worth checking it out - see link below below.
DCarmi
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There is the SPARS code on some modern LPs. You may see codes like:
AAA - Fully analogue
AAD - Analogue recording and editing and Digital mastering
ADD - Analogue recording, Digital editing and Digital mastering
DDD - Everything Digital
The caveat is that it is not compulsory to note the SPARS code. I've not checked my vinyl to see how prevalent. There are companies like Rhino which release AAA vinyl. Basically hunt the interwebs.
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