Hi Rez digital vs. LP
On Apr 25, 4:42=A0pm, Robert Peirce wrote:
The first letter in the May/June Absolute Sound claims his LPs sound
significantly better than the same albums downloaded from HDtracks.
Ignoring for a moment that this might be true, I wonder how much depends
on equipment?
I have just begun to convert some LPs to 192/24 digital files using
PureVinyl and a TC Impact Twin. =A0It happens the Impact Twin actually
plays the LP in order to convert it, and it is no problem whatsoever to
play the LP and the digital file through the same device. =A0When I do
that I don't hear any difference.
I suspect, if I played the LP, or the file, through a top of the line
device and the other through something much poorer, I would hear a
difference. =A0However, it would be the equipment, not the source. =A0How
often do you think that might be the case? =A0Maybe my hearing is just
shot.
It is a comparison of apples and oranges. Yes the vinyl playback
equipment makes a difference but so does the initial mastering of the
LP vs. the mastering of the hi res download and the source tapes used
for each, There are to many variables between the two for anyone to
draw any conclusions about any specific causes of preference. No doubt
this will degrade into some senseless debate over analog v. digital
and/or some senseless debate over the transparency of digital. Doesn't
matter. The reasons for the differences are obvious, real and not just
a result of the nature of vinyl or hi res digital.
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