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Old 06-14-2009, 07:01 PM   #61
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It's not bullshit, it's science.

The sound on a vinyl record is an exact replica of the original waveform from the master tape. It's the sound exactly as it was recorded with no loss of frequency whatsoever.

Digital sound, no matter how good, will always have some loss. Think of it like a loaf of bread. The analog sound on the vinyl is like a complete loaf of bread out of the oven, unsliced, completely together as it was baked.

Digital sound is taking that loaf of bread and cutting it into slices. No matter how thin you cut the slices, you are going to lose some crumbs out of the original loaf when you do it.

Digital sound has to be sampled at a specfic rate. The most common used is 44.1 KHz. That means that each second of the original analog sound wave is basically sliced into 44,100 pieces. That's a lot of pieces for one second, but it still is not an exact translation of the waveform.

There's some other posters here that know the science of it better than I do, but that's the basic jist.
You do realize though that all of the music was edited digitally though, right?
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  • Old 06-14-2009, 07:09 PM   #62
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    records --> tapes --> cds --> mp3s

    that's how technology works - and its not sad.
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    Old 06-14-2009, 07:10 PM   #63
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    I think anyone who actually think Vinyl has better sound quality than discs or tapes sniffed too much glue in the '70s.

    Vinyl makes a nice keepake and a nice reminder of the past. But in terms of "sound quality"...it's not even close.
    You don't know what you're talking about, so please abstain.
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    Old 06-14-2009, 07:11 PM   #64
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    This doesn't support my view, but thought it was interesting that they were covering this debate back in 1993 when Vinyl was making a comeback then too.
    http://www.wired.com/listening_post/...deo-mtv-cover/

    of course, I think there is a damn good reason why the Vinyl supporters gave up long ago.
    Vinyl was not coming back in 1993, it was just leaving mainstream.
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    Old 06-14-2009, 07:11 PM   #65
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    Old 06-14-2009, 07:13 PM   #66
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    actually vinyl is the best quality sound. the studio master is EXACTLY copied on to the LP with the only limitation being the size of the molecules the record is made of. Any digital copy is a series of samples from the original recording. When people talk about the bitrate of an audio file that talks about how many samples per second are taken. With an LP its like having a bitrate of infinity. That said though, if you don't have stellar equiptment and put work into making sure your records stay clean then the sound quality will degrade to worse than CDs. Too many people think of LPs as being all hiss and pops... it is actually the superior medium for sound.
    If the album was recorded onto 24/96 digital files, then that would be the best quality, not the vinyl transfer. Also the master tape of an analog recording would likely sound better than the vinyl transfer because of the inherent instability of the vinyl format.
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    Old 06-14-2009, 08:22 PM   #67
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    I can carry my mp3's in my pocket. I can listen to them in the car, and then take them inside. I can listen to them anywhere. How about your vinyls?
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