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Since they are not.........that leaves a few options open (like analog).
I've only seen a few bands offer a 100% lossess, uncompressed copy of their music.
DVD Audio was a good attempt. With most consumers content with highly compressed MP3's there isn't much room for a high end product on the shelves of Best Buy. At least not at the price they were asking.
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If CD's were the highest form a digital audio available to the consumer I might agree with you.
Since they are not.........that leaves a few options open (like analog).
I've only seen a few bands offer a 100% lossess, uncompressed copy of their music.
DVD Audio was a good attempt. With most consumers content with highly compressed MP3's there isn't much room for a high end product on the shelves of Best Buy. At least not at the price they were asking.
Since they are not.........that leaves a few options open (like analog).
I've only seen a few bands offer a 100% lossess, uncompressed copy of their music.
DVD Audio was a good attempt. With most consumers content with highly compressed MP3's there isn't much room for a high end product on the shelves of Best Buy. At least not at the price they were asking.
Perhaps Riad could inform us better on this....
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I love vinyl. I have about 2000 LPs as well as a high end system for my laptop to play HD downloads (CD/Redbook quality or higher). Mp3's aside, I have heard some great digital recordings, I have heard some crappy LP's. Both technologies are equally mature. Truth be told, it actually doesn't matter at this point if there is analog or digital gear used in production. The engineer is the one who is responsible for the quality of the product-they know the sound of crap just as well/often better as any hard core audiophile.
To build upon Hacker's Best Buy comment-in addition to it being hard to find good gear in mass-market, I fear it might become harder to find good quality recordings in the future as well since most playback is done via laptop speakers and ear-buds. The industry (in general), if it holds true to form will find little reason to keep the bar high.
To build upon Hacker's Best Buy comment-in addition to it being hard to find good gear in mass-market, I fear it might become harder to find good quality recordings in the future as well since most playback is done via laptop speakers and ear-buds. The industry (in general), if it holds true to form will find little reason to keep the bar high.
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I think this thread is trying to imply that the listening experience of vinyl is BETTER than a CD.. which it is.
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cool-didn't pick up on that-obviously. To add in some instances, simply the quality of an older original recording will sound better on vinyl just because of the way it was recorded. Remastered CD's are hit and miss these days and can sound like poo.
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Gradually got rid of my vinyl collection as I replaced them with CD's. Yeah, yeah, I know, lots of people say vinyl is better (me, I think they just like living in the past). But the first time I played CD's of some of my favorite songs, I heard parts of the music that I never heard before. And yes it was on the same stereo, but on a base line Sharp CD player instead of either a Sony linear turntable or even with the Technics turntable and an expensive Shure cartridge. No more static either. And yes, also, I always took great care of my records. So much for analog. Give me digital.
Lp's will give a warmth and depth that most CD players will not come close to reproducing. I have a $3k CD player that sounds like crap compared to my TT. The difference is quite apparent.
In addition to that.... I would say that 99% of all music today is digital at some point in the process. I know the White Stripes record to a reel to reel machine, so its analog, but I would think that the vast majority of artists record to digital. So, even if they do release it in vinyl, its not 100% analog (or really, its NEVER truly analog)
Perhaps Riad could inform us better on this....
Perhaps Riad could inform us better on this....
I love vinyl. I have about 2000 LPs as well as a high end system for my laptop to play HD downloads (CD/Redbook quality or higher). Mp3's aside, I have heard some great digital recordings, I have heard some crappy LP's. Both technologies are equally mature. Truth be told, it actually doesn't matter at this point if there is analog or digital gear used in production. The engineer is the one who is responsible for the quality of the product-they know the sound of crap just as well/often better as any hard core audiophile.
To build upon Hacker's Best Buy comment-in addition to it being hard to find good gear in mass-market, I fear it might become harder to find good quality recordings in the future as well since most playback is done via laptop speakers and ear-buds. The industry (in general), if it holds true to form will find little reason to keep the bar high.
To build upon Hacker's Best Buy comment-in addition to it being hard to find good gear in mass-market, I fear it might become harder to find good quality recordings in the future as well since most playback is done via laptop speakers and ear-buds. The industry (in general), if it holds true to form will find little reason to keep the bar high.
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I'm looking for music without the inherent filters of record players. I prefer to listen to music, not to electronic noise.
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I suppose you would like it if the studio edits out the guitar "squeak" often heard during live / acoustic performances too.
Never mind, you probably cannot hear that on the CD's
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Worked with live bands.
There is a huge difference between the two.
The "Squeak" is edited out during recording.
Producer "You flubbed that one, do it again"
There is a huge difference between the two.
The "Squeak" is edited out during recording.
Producer "You flubbed that one, do it again"