I'm a little bored ...

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... So I've been reading some.

1. Analog Tape vs Digital Recording: Which sounds better? | recording hacks

2. Analog (Vinyl) vs Digital Audio (CD, FLAC) Sound Quality Comparison | Audioholics

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* And why nowadays the vast majority of films are digitally presented in our theaters (Cineplex) and on digital mediums for our homes: Blu-ray, DVD, and digital video downloads?

Still the best Theaters (IMAX) use film 'pellicule'. ...Those huge tape reels.

Is the future less bright than the past? ...Is there a better time period to live in?
 
I have always liked Monty's video.

What makes one recording better than another is NOT in how many bits or how fast the sound is sampled--it's in what the people who make and master the recording do.
 
Looks like better sound can be found on LPs exactly because of the format's limitations. You can't push excessive loudness on it because of the limited dynamic range. Therefore, in many cases old LPs beat new digital. The turtle and the hare sort of speak.
 
Art Dudley wrote this month that vinyl is the only media that generates his own energy. Apart from the energy needed for the rotation of the recording of course. All others transform AC in a sound modulation. Very interesting.


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GaryProtein said:
What makes one recording better than another is NOT in how many bits or how fast the sound is sampled--it's in what the people who make and master the recording do.
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Spot on - it's all about microphone setup, lack of excessive compression or processing, and careful mastering.
 
MartinT said:
Spot on - it's all about microphone setup, lack of excessive compression or processing, and careful mastering.
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So take RVG, Roy DuNann, Lewis Layton, Kenneth Wilkinson or even KOJ and let them do a recording done in parallel and what do you get? Or take an analog tape and transfer it to the digital domain and what do you get? All done carefully. The results aren't the same. I've heard the results done with 2X DSD. I'll be glad to put the 15 ips Arnold Overtures up against the 24/176 release. Sorry. YMMV....
 
I'm not quite saying that, Myles. What I was trying to suggest is that mic technique and careful mastering are FAR more important than whether the recording is made in standard resolution, high resolution or analogue. Of course they will sound different, but they are minor differences compared with a badly made recording.

If I compare my first pressing vinyl copy of Steely Dan's Gaucho with the SACD, the latter is very good but the vinyl is better still.
Ry Cooder's Bop 'Til You Drop is a superb recording, despite it using a roomful of early digital equipment. It sounds good on both vinyl and CD (strangely, the vinyl sounds slightly better to my ears).

Conversely, nothing can save Coldplay's X&Y because, fundamentally, the recording engineer should have been taken outside and shot.

As for mastering, give Bernie Grundmann a shot at anything and he will get the best from it.
 
Jerome W said:
Art Dudley wrote this month that vinyl is the only media that generates his own energy. Apart from the energy needed for the rotation of the recording of course. All others transform AC in a sound modulation. Very interesting.
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This month (May)? ...Or June?

* I like Art's writings and reviews :: http://www.stereophile.com/category/art-dudley-listening

=> Listening #137 | Stereophile.com ... Primary caregivers

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Physical contact between the stylus and the vinyl's grooves. ...Direct physical energy indeed.
A laser light isn't the same; much less personal/human and can easily deviate from the pits if not properly 'azimuthed'.
 
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