Vinyl vs. CD - fixed tones through an oscilloscope

[semente]

It depends if you mean a pure reproduction ... or a pleasing reproduction. And the converse is true of course ... just because a DAC can reproduce a simple signal well; doesn't mean a complex signal will also be reproduced well - perhaps (and I'm surmising rather than offering evidence) that the turntable reproduced the complex signal just as well as it did the simple signal, but the DAC is much worse.

 

 

It does demonstrate the difference, but doesn't explain why one might sound "better". And you're right, its interesting ... but given we are told repeatedly that a simple signal can't explain why DACs sound different ... why does this test explain anything about the difference between vinyl and digital?

 

Please recognise that I'm saying that digital IS better ... but that doesn't equate to it being more pleasing!

 

I understand that, "pleasing" is the ear of the beholder...

 

R

[rodrigaj]

I understand that, "pleasing" is the ear of the beholder...R

The millennials I know are drawn to vinyl primarily because of the album art.