It's quite simple, if someone can't spot which is vinyl and which is digital playback (it's quite obvious on this particular track) then is their hearing not so good or are there other factors?What?
I don't think it adds any value to state the obvious that both recordings are digital youtube recordings. I do think the system playback was sufficiently well captured in order to make a comparison.This only proves that audiophiles are correct in identifying the source. They were right because both recordings were digital and made with a Zoom recorder, in addition to being recorded from a distance of 3 meters.
More importantly, we don’t know which pressing the vinyl was, which makes a huge difference. The proper way to compare would be to record the direct output of both the phono stage and the CD player/DAC using the same album cut from the same master. I can do that.
If you prefer to listen to the lossless wav files, they are linked in the video description.Wait a minute. I just watched the first part of this video. So you guys are listening to a YouTube recording and saying people can’t hear the difference between vinyl and digital? Are you kidding me? You do realize that both recordings are digital because you are listening to them through a computer.
C’mon man. Get out of your mom’s basement and go listen to the music for yourself at a store or at Axpona. Or find a friend with a hifi.
So would you watch a YouTube video to compare the pictures of two TV’s? Oh yes, the picture of that TV on the right looks much better on my iPad. Really?
How about arguing which area on Mars would be the best place to live. I think the schools will be better near the poles. And what’s wrong living near the poles? You certainly won’t be sun bathing on the equator on Mars. What about that spot where the Mars Rover landed? Looks like a sketchy neighborhood already.
I’m being facetious because posts like these are nonsense.
No it was not sufficiently captured. A significant part of the sound is the room, the soundstage and imaging. You think those microphones are capturing the bass as it really is? Doubtful How about the various playback systems- an iPhone perhaps? You may as well compare a live concert over YouTube to the recorded playback. And I doubt you will hear a difference. Then compare being at the concert to the recording.I don't think it adds any value to state the obvious that both recordings are digital youtube recordings. I do think the system playback was sufficiently well captured in order to make a comparison.
Agree the master can determine which version sounds best (this is not a digital v analog thread).
The question posed was which sample was the vinyl and which was the digital playback, I found it quite easy, what about you?No it was not sufficiently captured. A significant part of the sound is the room, the soundstage and imaging. You think those microphones are capturing the bass as it really is? Doubtful How about the various playback systems- an iPhone perhaps? You may as well compare a live concert over YouTube to the recorded playback. And I doubt you will hear a difference. Then compare being at the concert to the recording.
115 years ago Thomas Edison would rent theaters and hire a professional singer. He would put the singer and his new phonograph behind a curtain onstage and play their recorded voice and also have them sing live. He then asked the audience to call which was live and which was his phonograph. He sold a lot of phonographs. My question is how much influence did the curtain have on the sound?
The question posed was which sample was the vinyl and which was the digital playback, I found it quite easy, what about you?
Exactly, the metaphorical curtain Edison used in his demonstrations.It doesn't matter, because both are digital, as has been pointed out.
In fact, both are poor digital, given that they run through the AAC compression algorithm of YouTube.
As many have said, you're listening to audio over a mic (s) on whatever home speakers / headphones. Those variables greatly dilute any semblance of assessing hearing.In this comparison, 70% mistakenly thought the vinyl playback was digital playback.
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