Subj : Re: Vinyl records
To   : fusion
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Sep 10 2023 17:08:04

  Re: Re: Vinyl records
  By: fusion to Ogg on Sun Sep 10 2023 09:03 am

 fu> i always thought this was funny.. vinyl aficionados have also tried to
 fu> tell me that the sound quality is somehow better than the tape recording
 fu> from which they were created.

Yeah, the source makes a difference.  And when digital recording and mastering started to become available in he 80s, some bands started to go that route, and I imagine there are people who would say the vinyl record version sounds better than the CD when the album was recorded and/or mastered digitally.  I remember reading Dire Straits' "Brothers In Arms" was one that was recorded digitally, and I've heard people try to say the vinyl version sounds best..  I'm not sure I see how that's possible.

 fu> to each their own i guess.. for older stuff i think i would buy a mint
 fu> copy of the record, record it, and sell it along. depending on how digital

If I recorded something to a different format, I'd usually keep the original, to say I still have a legal copy of it.

 fu> remasters sound if they're available.. just because they CAN make
 fu> something better doesn't mean they succeed at it ;)

I feel like CD versions of albums usually sound pretty good.  And there are some I can tell came from a master tape - Dire Straits' first album is one such CD where I can tell there is a noticeable hiss during quiet parts of the music.

Nightfox
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