Vinyl science - according to BBC

[Leporello]

Just saw this on 'BBC Science Focus Magazine':

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/does-vinyl-really-sound-better/

Digital music works much differently. As digital kit cannot read analogue soundwaves, they are translated into a digital signal and back into analogue again, meaning some information is lost or approximated in the process. With vinyl, every single part of the analogue wave is captured in those grooves, making it the only true lossless format.

Oh, man.

 

[tomtoo]

Just saw this on 'BBC Science Focus Magazine':

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/does-vinyl-really-sound-better/


Oh, man.

Thats not science thats bullshit.

 

[fieldcar]

I constantly see crap like this in my Google news feed. I would just reference the sampling theorem video from Manny of xiph.org, but this BS doesn't deserve our time and effort. We are not going to change these subjectivists' minds anytime soon.

 

[Sgt. Ear Ache]

I constantly see crap like this in my Google news feed. I would just reference the sampling theorem video from Manny of xiph.org, but this BS doesn't deserve our time and effort. We are not going to change these objectivists' minds anytime soon.

objectivists?

 

[bobbooo]

Does it sound better than an MP3? Absolutely – vinyl wins this one hands down.

More bull. A 320kbps mp3 will sound better than vinyl, not covering all your music in cracks, pops, noise and distortion.

Here are all the 'articles' by the author, Verity Burns - hilariously ironic that her name means 'truth' . And here's her Twitter if anyone wants to correct her on her nonsense.

Espousing shite about cables too:

For analogue cables, like speaker wires or interconnects, there is more evidence to suggest they can have some impact on sound, if you have a system transparent enough to hear it. Until then, spending on other areas of your setup first is likely to create a bigger impact – though included freebie cables are always worth upgrading.

No, in the vast majority of cases, they're not, and 'upgrading' cables will provide zero audible benefit.

 

[raif71]

Vinyl makes me hungry

 

[andreasmaaan]

More bull. A 320kbps mp3 will sound better than vinyl, not covering all your music in cracks, pops, noise and distortion.

Here are all the 'articles' by the author, Verity Burns - hilariously ironic that her name means 'truth' . And here's her Twitter if anyone wants to correct her on her nonsense.

Espousing shite about cables too:


No, in the vast majority of cases, they're not, and 'upgrading' cables will provide zero audible benefit.

EDIT: I've written her on twitter offering a friendly correction. Will see if she responds...

 

[Soniclife]

EDIT: I've written her on twitter offering a friendly correction. Will see if she responds...

I fear the response will be a doubling down on the ignorance, the whole article looks like a cut and paste job from elsewhere.

 

[Soniclife]

With vinyl, every single part of the analogue wave is captured in those grooves, making it the only true lossless format.

Apart from the low bass which is mono and rolled off, important as this is still part of the audible spectrum, where as digital rolls of the top end above the audible spectrum, and Nyquist Shannon ensures the rest is accurate. This is before the chaos of cutting or playback. So many lies, so little time to correct them.

 

[Robin L]

One more time---LPs [any spiral groove] lose energy the closer to the spindle. For most LPs the reduction in fidelity is around 60% by the time you reach the end of a side. It's gradual, so people hypnotize themselves into believing "everything's fine" but it always results in an increase in audible distortion. Forget about the niceities of Sinad, this stuff's in your face.

 

[StefaanE]

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...

 

[tomtoo]

There are so many reasons why this is bullshitt. Its realy hard to finde a beginning.Maybe harder than to place the needel on a single.

 

[mansr]

EDIT: I've written her on twitter offering a friendly correction. Will see if she responds...

If you get a response, it will include the word "mansplaining."

 

[fieldcar]

objectivists?

Fixed. Lol. I think I was trying to write it with my 3yr old going nuts.

 

[Cbdb2]

The new science, no science at all. Even Scientific America is starting to go there. Asimov maybe right, true science will becomes religion because no one will understand it, because of this kind of BS.