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RE: Is MoFi and the likes

Posted by Goober58 (A) on April 16, 2025 at 23:27:22

In Reply to: RE: Is MoFi and the likes posted by flood2 on April 16, 2025 at 14:14:24:

I don't disagree that the analog signal on the tape is identical to a high resolution digital capture derived from it. It's probably an academic exercise given the right software to convert that digital back into an analog signal and compare the 2 to determine if they are identical enough. What I disagree with is that what gets cut into the 33 rpm metal work and the resulting LPs are going to be identical to what is cut into the 45 rpm metal work and the resulting LPs. And even in your response you describe why these differences exist even if everything is done to make them as same as possible. Records pressed off the same stampers can sound different. The idea the a 45 rpm and 33 rpm from the same master tape are going to sound the same doesn't ring true to me in the least even if every effort possible to make it true - and in some ways this might not be the best for either of the cuts. I would think mastering choices would be made to get the most out of the master based on getting the most out of media which would be contrary to making them sound the same. Unless of course there are not real advantages to doing 45 rpm and it's just a marketing gimmick to sell records at higher prices.

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