I watched a Youtube video of a seminar that was held at Axpona 2017.
One of the panelists - an audio recording engineer - made a comment that I find very interesting.
He explained that when a vinyl record is converted to digital,
that the digitized copy when streamed will sound better than the
original vinyl because of the elimination of the "microphone" effect of the tonearm & cart.
This microphonic effect causes vibration and distortion which ultimately degrade the sound coming from the speakers.
The process of transferring from vinyl to digital eliminates the distortion and vibration because the speakers are not involved in the process.
This really intrigues me. Is there any scientific validity to this assertion?
I was planning to digitize my vinyl collection in the near future but never did I foresee that the digital copy would sound better than the original!!
One of the panelists - an audio recording engineer - made a comment that I find very interesting.
He explained that when a vinyl record is converted to digital,
that the digitized copy when streamed will sound better than the
original vinyl because of the elimination of the "microphone" effect of the tonearm & cart.
This microphonic effect causes vibration and distortion which ultimately degrade the sound coming from the speakers.
The process of transferring from vinyl to digital eliminates the distortion and vibration because the speakers are not involved in the process.
This really intrigues me. Is there any scientific validity to this assertion?
I was planning to digitize my vinyl collection in the near future but never did I foresee that the digital copy would sound better than the original!!