Producer compares digital master with R2R, vinyl, cassette, Apple Music & Spotify

[Revolutions]

Someone shared this on Maverick Hifi, thought worth copying here. Really interesting video, if nothing new really discovered:

View: https://youtu.be/6iohmhZWDNo

 

[good_enough]

Meaningless without naming repro equipment. Vinyl with an AT95 or a Koetsu signature? Cassette on a Walkman or a Nak? But I guess he gets clicks so that's OK.

 

[davidf]

Maybe I'm missing something - how can you record an obviously compressed master onto another format and suddenly have greater dynamics?

 

[davidf]

Meaningless without naming repro equipment. Vinyl with an AT95 or a Koetsu signature? Cassette on a Walkman or a Nak? But I guess he gets clicks so that's OK.

He shows what he's using at the beginning of the video.

 

[BigH]

What awful music. The sound quality is not great either. Yes very compressed.

YT is all about number of views and money.

 

[Revolutions]

Maybe I'm missing something - how can you record an obviously compressed master onto another format and suddenly have greater dynamics?

It’s probably distortion.

I enjoyed it for the fact of an audio engineer describing what he was hearing, reinforcing that analogue formats seem to boost mids/bass & add distortion which gives the sound something of a warmer feel.

 

[davidf]

It’s probably distortion.

I enjoyed it for the fact of an audio engineer describing what he was hearing, reinforcing that analogue formats seem to boost mids/bass & add distortion which gives the sound something of a warmer feel.

Vinyl isn't an inherently warmer sound though, the warmth aspect is something usually added by cheaper turntables. A well produced record sounds much more like a CD presentation wise - Rain Tree Crow is an excellent example. Records do tend to favour midrange frequencies, which sit a little more forward in the mix, which is one of three things I feel draw people to vinyl - I found this with Boards Of Canada, and it definitely draws your attention to things in the mix that don't usually stand out on the CD . The other two are the fact that records tend to sound smoother than CDs (less bright/harsh, some will say), and I've always thought the mono bass under 120/150Hz aspect sounds more correct to the ear. Maybe there's more things, but those are three I've always felt are key points.