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<!-- #thumb --> <p>Here’s an interesting tidbit for you to digest: you can make a near perfect digital copy of an anlog disc or recording – one that is pretty much indistinguishable from the master – but the opposite isn’t true. *You cannot successfully make an analog copy of a digitally mastered track.</p>
<p>The reasons for this are simple: digital audio has far greater dynamic range, accuracy and lower noise floor than any analog system known. *So analog can’t capture all that’s recorded digitally, but digital can capture all that’s recorded with analog means.</p>
<p>So why, you might ask, do so many digital remasters of great analog recording sound so dreadful? *Great question, let me give you an example.</p>
<p>One of Harry Pearson’s treasured all time classic recordings is the Look of Love, sung by Dusty Springfield and backed up by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. *Listened to on a clean (hard to find) copy of the original Colgems stereo LP, the sound is amazing – I have one copy myself and am looking for a backup before they’re no longer available.</p>
<p>Purchase the remastered CD copy of this recording and it’s thin, lifeless and worthless. *Don’t bother buying it if you’re thinking about it.</p>
<p>Yet ….. and yes, there’s a yet ….. if I play the LP, make a straight digital copy of that LP and play that back through a high quality DAC, the two are pretty much indistinguishable.</p>
<p>Food for thought. *let’s look more tomorrow.</p>
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<p>The reasons for this are simple: digital audio has far greater dynamic range, accuracy and lower noise floor than any analog system known. *So analog can’t capture all that’s recorded digitally, but digital can capture all that’s recorded with analog means.</p>
<p>So why, you might ask, do so many digital remasters of great analog recording sound so dreadful? *Great question, let me give you an example.</p>
<p>One of Harry Pearson’s treasured all time classic recordings is the Look of Love, sung by Dusty Springfield and backed up by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. *Listened to on a clean (hard to find) copy of the original Colgems stereo LP, the sound is amazing – I have one copy myself and am looking for a backup before they’re no longer available.</p>
<p>Purchase the remastered CD copy of this recording and it’s thin, lifeless and worthless. *Don’t bother buying it if you’re thinking about it.</p>
<p>Yet ….. and yes, there’s a yet ….. if I play the LP, make a straight digital copy of that LP and play that back through a high quality DAC, the two are pretty much indistinguishable.</p>
<p>Food for thought. *let’s look more tomorrow.</p>
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