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Jérôme.......I forgot to mention that I liked the term parasite noise as used to describe pops and ticks in vinyl records. It is a perfect anology.
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Analog VS Digital war was decided as Jim said years ago, just as the automobile won out over the horse and buggy, the motorized boat won out over the sail boat . Having said that sometimes riding a horse or going out on a sailboat is fun on occasion . It is fun having both but digital music has a whole host of reasons it is here to stay over analog. I was listening to a few LP's in the morning, after flipping the albums 4-5 times I decided to use my music server with lossless recorded cd's.
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I think you're absolutely right : at the end, what makes the biggest difference is the quality of the mixing and mastering. Some cd's sound great of course, and some Lp's sounds bad. That's why I 'm not sure if such a review I'm planning has any value. But I will do it anyway cause I'm curious. I will not compare only means of reproduction but different masterings. I think the only aim would be to see if in general, Lp's for example are better mastered than Cd's, or the opposite. + the other problem you mentionned : " Mix in the degradation of vinyl stampers as the records are pressed, particulally at the end of a stampers useful life cycle, and getting a premium vinyl copy of a recording is more or less a crap shoot. " .... I would add to make it clear that I had this feeling of more natural sound with Lp's before meeting these great individuals. They did not influence me but only had the same opinions than me. So I don't think they influenced me. I was mentionning their point of view just because I consider them to have better ears than mine. Anyway, at the end, that's of course a question of taste. High end TTs and CD players both give great sound, but as you said, they are together closed to reality, but they are not reality....
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There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats Albert Schweitzer Last edited by Jerome W; 08-24-2009 at 12:14 PM. |
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Motor boats are faster, they are more comfortable, easier and so on. But I have much more pleasure sailing ! With music, we're just talking about pleasure. When I work in my office or while on the web, I have the Cd or the Ipod / Wadia i170 playing for convenience. For serious enjoyment sessions, I tend to favor the Lp's over the cd's.....
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