Compact Disc Codes

UltraFast69

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Many of my discs early on had letter designators, and I don’t see that any more.

Any reason?

Any preference?

AAD - analog recording, analog mixing, digital transfer;
ADD - analog recording, digital mixing, digital transfer, and;
DDD - digital recording, digital mixing, digital transfer.


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Yes, AAA. [emoji56]

Don’t know why they don’t put the codes on anymore. There’s a lot of unknowns today especially for re-releases.


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I thought with digital ADD stood for Attention Deficit Disorder??
You know, the irrepressible urges to hit random, shuffle play, skip tracks, etc
:)

Not sure why they stopped that labeling practice. I judge with my ears anyway. If it sounds good, couldn't care less what preceded.
 
They are called SPARS Codes, but I cannot find anything as to why/when they are used or not.

My money goes on Marketing to Audiophile Types :)
 
Of course it would have been much more fair to the consumers if they labeled them

DRC and LM. “Dynamic range compressed” and “Loudness Mastered”. ;)
 
TheOctopus said:
Of course it would have been much more fair to the consumers if they labeled them

DRC and LM. “Dynamic range compressed” and “Loudness Mastered”. ;)
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That’s one feature I like about Roon. It tells you the dynamic range.


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Mike said:
That’s one feature I like about Roon. It tells you the dynamic range.


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Hopefully now that the digital streaming age is upon us and there is no need to dupe the consumer into buying a CD that sounds “louder”, therefore “better” at the expense of dynamic range, we can put that nightmare behind us.
 
TheOctopus said:
Hopefully now that the digital streaming age is upon us and there is no need to dupe the consumer into buying a CD that sounds “louder”, therefore “better” at the expense of dynamic range, we can put that nightmare behind us.
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Let’s hope so! We finally have some great A2D converters. Let’s not wreck it with compression and loudness wars.


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With all the “academic” flaws and limitations of analog, like R2R, cassette tape and vinyl, I would much prefer to listen to any of them vs a compact disc with castrated dynamic range and crushed peaks. My ears can listen through the limitations and “forgive” with analog but listening to DRC/LM digital on a high end system is no better than a root canal at the dentist.
 
Mike said:
That’s one feature I like about Roon. It tells you the dynamic range.


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Unfortunately that only applies to CD's on our network and not streamed Tidal releases. That means about 90% of my recent adds do not show the information.
 
How can you find out what the SPARS code is for a recording? I prefer to purchase digital versions of digital recordings and analog versions of analog recordings.
 
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