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Re: That Does Sound Like Nonsense

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Posted by Dan on February 17, 2006 at 13:51:10

In Reply to: Incorrect Vinyl is higher resolution than any digital out there, 192kHz or DSD. And that is FACT! posted by Teresa on February 17, 2006 at 01:16:29:

This argument has been running for years and every test ever done, blind or otherwise, always indicates that vinyl sounds nothing like an original performance or a master tape, there are just so many things wrong with it. What vinyl proponents always do is talk about measurements that mean little, such as frequency response, but fail to talk about the vast amount of distortion from vinyl. Pitch, modulation, harmonic, you name it.

"Have you ever heard a Sheffield Lab Direct to Disc LP? Sheffield Lab LPs have measured frequency response to 50kHz."

And is that response linear? No, not even close. 192kHz PCM is linear to 96kHz, so that statement above doesn't mean much.

"The bass is the deepest I have ever heard in any format and the dynamic range of this LP was measured at 80dB with S/N ratio of 70dB."

S/N of 70dB is shameful, so that's another moot point. As for bass, Telarc's Liszt: Battle of the Huns Beethoven: Wellington's Victory has 5Hz content at -13.7dBfs. That's next to impossible without huge amounts of distortion from vinyl, I suggest you check it out for comparison.

There are many vinyl vs. digital listening test out there. If I remember correctly, the BAS Speaker included a test where vinyl from a very high-end rig was recorded to 44.1kHz 16-bit PCM, burnt onto a CD and played back. None of the listeners could tell it apart. I'll try to find the issue for more details.

Bottom line as far as I'm concerned is that some people just prefer how vinyl sounds, that's fine. The problem is when they try to use technical arguments that just don't hold up to justify that. Just say "I like it better" and leave it at that.

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