Re: Vinyl -> CD

"loobyloo" wrote in message...

> >Since lots of people here have listen to a lot of Vinyl albums & have
> >perhaps picked up a CD version of it, I was wonderning if anyone here
> >has had any experience with albums which sound better on Vinyl, than
on
> >CD

> Hello - I don't know if these remarks are valid because I only have a
> cheap CD player, but there are three things I have noticed after
> playing CD of albums I have.

> 1) the dynamic range on an LP seems to be wider - big, sudden sounds
> like a solo bass guitar intro, or a sudden attack from the brass
> section, sound better on an LP; 2) after getting used to the LP sound
> where the tracks all sound merged together, it is sometimes a bit
> unpleasant to hear everything separated so clearly on a CD; and 3) I
> find LPs easier to listen to for long periods.  CDs can somehow become
> a bit annoying or irritating after a while.

I used to believe in that with Days of Futures Passed until I actually
found out that there was a documentary which explained why the CD
sounded inferior to the original Vinyl. This was along the lines of the
original master tape being destroyed (through moisture), but in which
case Back-up copies were made, but sounded different.

It's perhaps a question of whether this question belongs here, since the
master tape is an entirely different thing, which supposably can pick up
even more sound, but in these types of sitituations the vinyl was the
original sound media this album was produced on.

On the other hand, it's the consumer which gets the vinyl (not the
master tape), who could easily compare with a CD copy, which is why I
would have assumed a question like this could be asked here, with
perhaps a higher level of responce.

Cheers,
Ross.