Compared to vinyl. Plus Tidal Masters cannot be beat. Regardless of politics.ewww... no.
Compared to vinyl. Plus Tidal Masters cannot be beat. Regardless of politics.ewww... no.
Is that because digital is soulless to begin with?Much like many native American tribes believe that a photograph steals part of the soul of whoever is in the photo, I believe analog recordings also steal some of the soul of the person(s) being recorded. Each time you play an analog record, you are releasing a bit of that soul back into the air. You just don't get that part with digital.
If they're masters they're masters, despite if Tidal screws it up using the stupid codec and getting people to buy gear they didn't need to begin with. Can get masters from other services/sources.....Compared to vinyl. Plus Tidal Masters cannot be beat. Regardless of politics.
Is that because digital is soulless to begin with?
Not only that but you have to brush it off the stylus.And each time you play it, there is a little less soul in the record to release.
Soul fluff.Not only that but you have to brush it off the stylus.
That reply really surprises me Matt. I was always driven mad by the various pitch instabilities of vinyl playing good piano recordings. You being a connoisseur of piano sound and not being bothered by it confuses and surprises me.So it was a surprise to me as a pianist/keyboardist myself (we grew up with 3 pianos in the house, along with many other instruments), I actually found many piano recordings on vinyl quite compelling. While I of course can hear some of the deficits that might drive you more crazy - pitch instability being an obvious one - I'm often able to listen past those to the qualities I like.
IME it was much more audible on RTR tape than vinyl.You certainly can hear pre-ringing. Look for tracks that start with a very loud transient and there will be slight noise just a poofteenth of a second before the music starts. But within the music, I struggle to hear it / or I can't hear it at all.
Tooooo many. LOLWhat percentage of the posts in this thread do you imagine are making B.S. claims for vinyl
That's cool Keith_W, so do I.I don't think "straight wire with gain" across the entire system is a good idea. As I previously mentioned, the room and speakers will mess it up. My individual components are as linear as possible and (hopefully!) approach the "straight wire with gain" ideal, but then I apply DSP to correct the speaker/room or apply salt and pepper for personal taste.
Not only that but you have to brush it off the stylus.
Brain damage from over-indulgence in intoxicants ???I'm just here to figure out why records sound so much better than digital.
Oh yeah, it is kind of strange admittedly!That reply really surprises me Matt. I was always driven mad by the various pitch instabilities of vinyl playing good piano recordings. You being a connoisseur of piano sound and not being bothered by it confuses and surprises me.
I guess it all falls back to the statements vinyl fans always make when defending vinyl's grosses failures,
"I can listen past them"
Or clean it with holy water.I need my brush blessed by a priest!
and phat grooves.Soul fluff.
Or clean it with holy water.
I'm just here to figure out why records sound so much better than digital.
Anyone have any ideas? We need to talk about this.
Moebius strip?Why do records sound so much better than digital?
Vinyl = distortion and compression. If you read up about mastering for vinyl, you may be amazed by how compromised it is (I know I was). I agree with what was said above, though - for its time, and for such a simple technology, it does play music very very well. I myself like some albums on...audiosciencereview.com
I've cursed my VPI 16. Was not helpful.Well, I may not have had a priest bless the water I use to wash records, but I have heard my wife curse my record cleaner. Not sure what effect that has, yet....
Yes, well in my case - Melbourne, Australia....I used the commonwealth sister acronym SFA acronyms three weeks ago… And spelling out was not very appreciated.
I have never poofteeth outside of the commonwealth…
Guess #2 … Canada?
With holy water...I need my brush blessed by a priest!
Mold on the cover, or Mold on the vinyl?I've cursed my VPI 16. Was not helpful.
Cleaning my mold-covered copy of "The Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders" gave me an intense headache.