Lies about vinyl vs digital

[Samuel T Cogley]

2 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

Yes, your good friends Snap, Crackle and Pop - good in cereal, not good in audio.

 

You forgot their uncle, Rumble.

[Samuel T Cogley]

30 minutes ago, esldude said:

MP3 can have artifacts including increasing sibilance and sharpness.  So can dynamic compression

 

In my experience, those dynamic compression artifacts are more likely caused by a signal that exceeds 0dB "true peak" values.  That "inter-peak distortion" can cause a nails-on-the-chalkboard screech depending on the DAC.  To me, any digital mastering that exceeds 0dB True Peak is incompetent.  But some in the music business call it "competitive". 🙄

 

 

[Samuel T Cogley]

2 hours ago, lucretius said:

I see Brian Lucey is in that thread.

 

Yeah, from 2007.  🙄

[Samuel T Cogley]

1 minute ago, Ralf11 said:

A "bits is bits fool" is someone with technical knowledge, such as a scientist of engineer.

 

The full dis was "flat-earther bits is bits fools", which I find ironic because a "flat-earther" would be someone who rejects science.

[Samuel T Cogley]

4 hours ago, firedog said:

A bit unfair about MF. He has a great digital (SACD) setup. He doesn't dislike digital. He dislikes CD. He likes lots of hi-res and has even said there are hi-res versions of albums he prefers to the vinyl version, or at least thinks they are the equal. 

 

Could it be said that some amount of Fremer's notoriety comes from his disdain for CDs?  I think even if he heard a CD he liked that he would be reluctant to taint his legacy.

 

[Samuel T Cogley]

17 minutes ago, sandyk said:

These types of corrections could be done by the Record companies as John is demonstrating, and corrected releases made available in the original RBCD format , yet still in many cases sound like genuine High Resolution material where the original recording was well recorded, without numerous types of compression etc.

 

If the record companies won't fix the Loudness Wars damage, I think the things you're talking about are even less likely.  Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see the record companies care more about audiophiles, but to date, I just don't see it.

[Samuel T Cogley]

Of course, your results may vary, but when I stepped up to a pro grade ADC (Antelope Audio Pure 2), I find the vinyl rips utterly indistinguishable from the direct vinyl playback.

[Samuel T Cogley]

2 minutes ago, John Dyson said:

Wait until Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass comes off the presses -- you can hear where every instrument is in space.  Instead of the flat, ugly sound...  It really bothered me for these years...

 

Can't wait John!

[Samuel T Cogley]

Just now, mansr said:

The Nena sample you posted a while back should be enough to convince anyone.

 

As for incompetence, I'm not the least bit surprised. The recording industry is notoriously bad at keeping accurate records (the irony). Whoever was tasked with preparing the CD release likely had, at best, some illegible notes scrawled on a used napkin from which to decide how to best process the tapes. The same person likely wasn't paid enough to make any effort beyond the minimum required to put silver discs on the store shelves. It's sad but true.

 

Hoffman has posted the annotations from master tapes over the years, and you're right.  Often it's barely legible scrawl.