Among my last boughts were two Direct Metal Mastering records. Was DMM a real improvement or snake oil ?
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Among my last boughts were two Direct Metal Mastering records. Was DMM a real improvement or snake oil ?
Scored a beautiful copy of Chick Coreas double LP Inner Peace.
Recorded in 1968,released in 1973. Sounds great!
Its Inner Space not peace, on Atlantic records.
Thanks for the information rcarlburg. The rest of you would better serve the forum by countering with an intelligent argument rather than ad hominems. Anyone who’s listened critically to vinyl can readily hear it’s shortcomings. That being said I still cherish my vinyl and some are far superior to the CD reissues, but that has nothing to do with the source medium.
For those of you who occasionally listens to 78 rpm
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More like a gnome?
SUM*41 - 13 VOICES
I have no idea what this is but it was sealed and the cover looked kool. For fifty cents a pound I may never open it
So, maybe I'll give my pro-vinyl rant.
If a tree falls in the forest, and there's nobody there to hear it, does it make a sound?
No.
It makes a sound wave. Without an ear to convert it into sound, it remains a wave only.
Soooooo, a vinyl record has grooves. When a stylus passes over it, it creates a vibration. That vibration that creates a wave. An ear catches that wave and processes it into a sound. It's perfectly natural. IMO, it retains that certain human "warmth" (oh no! the "W" word!) from its natural process.
I don't think a combination of 0s and 1s can recreate that. It's not about the sonic range. It's how it's interpreted and processed.
That being said, I mostly listen to CDs because of their convenience.
But, if my house caught on fire, I'd grab my vinyl collection before any CDs.
That's the best I can do, gents.
You left out everything between the stylus and the ear!Quote:
Soooooo, a vinyl record has grooves. When a stylus passes over it, it creates a vibration. That vibration that creates a wave. An ear catches that wave and processes it into a sound. It's perfectly natural. IMO, it retains that certain human "warmth" (oh no! the "W" word!) from its natural process.
Why not? I think not only can it recreate it, it can better it.Quote:
I don't think a combination of 0s and 1s can recreate that.
Bottom line: "Hey, if you prefer the sound of vinyl that's great. However that subjective judgment shouldn't be confused with the objective facts, which show that CD/digital does a far more accurate job of reproducing the original musical signal."
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I think what happens here is that (a) people believe what they want to believe which is pretty clear from the "arguments" being made, Anecdotes make for poor evidence unless it is your direct participation in a double-blind A/B test and (b) people are easily deceived when they hear a well-cut slab of vinyl and compare that to a CD that has been produced from a compressed nugget of dog shit and sounds awful.
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You're god damn right! Typical response: if I can't make an argument and respond to the information being presented or don't even bother to read the information, just make a snide remark, feel superior, "own" or "pwn" your "opponent" and move on.
Totally predictable and totally boring. I'd rather you make an argument, provide some references and prove me wrong. In fact I would love it!
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Then why respond? What was the purpose then?