I try to repharse my question:

Is more audible data lost recording pure digital including creating a cd
than lost recording all analog,, including vinyl LP?

Please translate the4 following to something I might be able to understand:
". . . based on 24 bit, 44.1 KHz tracking and mastering, which is
eventually burned onto CDs at 16 bits and 44.1 KHz. Obviously there is some
loss of data. . . ." Is this the same recording standards used my good
quality commerical releases?

At least 44,100 times per channel.

What does this mean? Is sampling done over time? If so, how frequently?


Where is musical data lost w/ LPs? dynamic range? accuracy?

The biggest differences are in the area of dynamic range. CDs can easily
have more than 90 dB dynamic range. In practice LPs you buy will have
actual
performance in the 45 to 65 dB range, with 65 dB being typical of the
physical limits of the LP medium.

That's very helpful.


Mike


"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote in message

Questions:

If a recording is made using all digital equipment is any data
lost during the recording and cd creation process?

That depends on how you actually do the recording and CD creation process.
For example, many of my music production efforts are
You can't do much of interest in audio production without losing data -
data
loss is implied by simply changing levels, whether that is done in the
analog or digital domain.

How many times per second is musical audio source sampled when
converting from analog source to digital cds?

At least 44,100 times per channel.

I ask this question because a buddy was telling me how "pure" vinyl
LPs sound compared to CDs.

He's probably just posturing. There's no doubt that the aydio CD format
can
accurately preserve more data than LP production. However, audio
production
is an art and as well as a science. There's no guarantee that any
particular
CD has more or less purity than the corresponding LP. The CD format has
the
potential to preserve music more accurately, but there's no guarantee that
people will fully exploit it.

My recollection is vinyl LPs can't possibly attain the frequency
range of CDs.

The biggest differences are in the area of dynamic range. CDs can easily
have more than 90 dB dynamic range. In practice LPs you buy will have
actual
performance in the 45 to 65 dB range, with 65 dB being typical of the
physical limits of the LP medium.