[Audio Empire]

On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:12:39 -0800, Scott wrote
(in article ):

On Feb 8, 7:24=A0am, Steven Sullivan wrote:
Scott wrote:
On Feb 5, 10:34?am, ScottW wrote:

You didn't say she said the Classic reissues sounded exactly like the
original analog masters.
I am confident they didn't.
?I'm guessing some younger ears at Classic's
took some of that shrill edge off needed to create some sparkle for
aging ears.
Some younger ears? Bernie Grundman mastered the Classics Mercury 45rpm
reissues. He is one of the best in the business but I don't think we
can say he has "younger ears."
?Or maybe the original analog masters were dialed in for
ceramic cartridges just as todays CDs are mastered for cars and are
really bad to your ears.
They most certainly were not dialed in for ceramic cartridges. No
consideration was given to the playback equipment of the time when the
recordings were made. They remain some of the most amazingly realistic
recordings of orchestral music ever made.

It also doesn't surprise me that if your system is breathtaking on
vinyl, CD's don't measure up. ?I've had a similar problem and have
concluded that ?the best setup for either format is not the same
setup. ?I briefly tinkered with some digital correction, which is now
a really inexpensive option, ?and think it might be the answer but
haven't had time to really explore it.
Digital euphonic colorations. That makes perfect sense.

The difference being, it can be turned off. =A0Another difference being,
DSP can correct for real distortions that exist due to room and speaker p=
roperties.


Which has what to do with the subject of vinyl v. CD? Are you
suggesting that DSP room correction does not work when a record is
being played? Smells like a red herring to me.


DSP room correction deals with the speaker/room interface, not the source.
Therefore what it does for your system, it will do with any source material
digital or analog. It matters not.