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@Digby , allow me to explain more clearly.
I buy vinyl on regular basis and I rip it. My system had not a Scarlett2i2 until recently. With my system I always had a feeling that the sound is sub-par. Like a bit dull. It is not only with these few examples that I uploaded.
I also understand that this accessment sounds like woodoo. So I started comparing. I started downloading rips of the same vinyl of other people. If I could not find a vinyl rip I went for copies from digital origin. I had to start somewhere, right? All the way I found my rips dull comapred to other recordings I could get. It is not easy to find other vinyl rips of the records that I buy, so it is hard to find good material to compare.
Recently I bought Scarlett2i2 because I thought that the problem of dullness is with my SoundCard and because I got a discount on it. But it seems it is not. The dullness is still there. I would argue that the sound improved a bit comparing to my SoundCard, but not significantly, but this is not the point here.
So then I started showing my rips to other people (and arguing with my brother) asking them if they also hear the "lifeliness". My gf for instance said: the (dance) music does not sound moving. And I agree with her. My brother was of the opinion that the difference is in the margin of error. So I came here to ask for a way to CLEARLY show that there is a difference and that there is a quality issue. I also want a programatic analysis because it would also help convince by brother to invest in new hardware like new phono pre-Amp. We are sharing the costs. Hardware is expensive.
If you have further questions, feel free to ask.
I buy vinyl on regular basis and I rip it. My system had not a Scarlett2i2 until recently. With my system I always had a feeling that the sound is sub-par. Like a bit dull. It is not only with these few examples that I uploaded.
I also understand that this accessment sounds like woodoo. So I started comparing. I started downloading rips of the same vinyl of other people. If I could not find a vinyl rip I went for copies from digital origin. I had to start somewhere, right? All the way I found my rips dull comapred to other recordings I could get. It is not easy to find other vinyl rips of the records that I buy, so it is hard to find good material to compare.
Recently I bought Scarlett2i2 because I thought that the problem of dullness is with my SoundCard and because I got a discount on it. But it seems it is not. The dullness is still there. I would argue that the sound improved a bit comparing to my SoundCard, but not significantly, but this is not the point here.
So then I started showing my rips to other people (and arguing with my brother) asking them if they also hear the "lifeliness". My gf for instance said: the (dance) music does not sound moving. And I agree with her. My brother was of the opinion that the difference is in the margin of error. So I came here to ask for a way to CLEARLY show that there is a difference and that there is a quality issue. I also want a programatic analysis because it would also help convince by brother to invest in new hardware like new phono pre-Amp. We are sharing the costs. Hardware is expensive.
If you have further questions, feel free to ask.
I'm confused about the purpose of your post.
You are comparing your recordings (of vinyl) made to digital recordings (yes, they will sound different) and vinyl transcriptions done on other equipment (yes, they will sound different too). Does the vinyl sound dull before it is recorded to digital, if so the problem is cart/pre-amp/interface, if it only sounds dull after conversion it is probably the fault of the interface.
FWIW I briefly tried a Scarlett interface but found the sound quality wasn't acceptable. I upgraded to RME and have had no qualms since.
I do sometimes wonder if my digital recordings lose a bit of 'air' compared to direct playback. However, the difference is so small, I doubt I would notice in a blind setting, which suggests it may just be my imagination.