Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?

[Al M.]

Sorry this is not true. Some people can say that direct cut vinyl can have similar resolution, but no way tape has more resolution than digital. But yes, sound engineers have told us that digital has too much resolution and it needs to be used adequately to avoid sounding artificial.

You don't sound like an engineer with decades of experience. I have been designing and engineering all things audio for 50 years.

Perhaps you should read this interview with sound engineer Bert van den Wolf, which touches on the point that Microstrip makes,

Interview by Lawrence Schenbeck with Northstar’s Bert van der Wolf in

[Introduction: Bert van der Wolf is a Netherlands-based engineer/producer with over thirty years’ experience in developing and advancing high-resolution, multichannel classical recording. Recently he agreed to share his thoughts with us on a variety of topics.] You have an extraordinary wide...

spiritofturtle.com

before claiming:

I know more about digital and its limitations than anyone alive today.

Here is a rave review of some of this sound engineer's recordings:

The Magic of Bert van der Wolf - Positive Feedback

The Magic of Bert van der Wolf

positive-feedback.com

 

[Al M.]

The above linked interview with the sound engineer is a relatively short read, well worth everyone's time.

 

[Ron Resnick]

I don’t understand . . . the phrase, “suspension of disbelief“.

Okay. That's all you had to say.


Please see:

An Explanation of the Term "Suspension of Disbelief"

I asked ChatGPT the question: In the subjective hobby of high-end audio what is the meaning of "suspension of disbelief"? ChatGPT responded: In the subjective hobby of high-end audio, "suspension of disbelief" refers to the phenomenon where an individual, typically an audiophile or music...

www.whatsbestforum.com

 

[Mike Lavigne]

I know more about digital and its limitations than anyone alive today.

Andreas? Ted?

obviously an unknowable thing. but a few might be in the group that could think about saying that. not that they ever would.

 

[christoph]

Essentially, yes.

Poor you

 

[Carlos269]

I know more about digital and its limitations than anyone alive today.

This is really quite a bold proclamation. I’m sure that Daniel Weiss is chuckling somewhere.

So we have read about your failed attempt. Do you have any victories in the realm of digital audio?

 

[Rexp]

Some digital albums do sound like vinyl/analog, this one is on streaming platforms:

 

[christoph]

I have been designing and engineering all things audio for 50 years.

I know more about digital and its limitations than anyone alive today.

I admire your modesty

 

[MarkusBarkus]

I know more about digital and its limitations than anyone alive today.

...even more than Nina Hartley? Hard to believe.

 

[PYP]

I admire your modesty

do you mean the alive part? He didn't say "more than anyone who is alive or ever lived on this or any other planet," so I agree that is modesty of a kind...

 

[SoundMann]

Perhaps you should read this interview with sound engineer Bert van den Wolf, which touches on the point that Microstrip makes,

Interview by Lawrence Schenbeck with Northstar’s Bert van der Wolf in

[Introduction: Bert van der Wolf is a Netherlands-based engineer/producer with over thirty years’ experience in developing and advancing high-resolution, multichannel classical recording. Recently he agreed to share his thoughts with us on a variety of topics.] You have an extraordinary wide...

spiritofturtle.com

before claiming:



Here is a rave review of some of this sound engineer's recordings:

The Magic of Bert van der Wolf - Positive Feedback

The Magic of Bert van der Wolf

positive-feedback.com

I was involved in the creation of digital audio from its inception. I invented a superior format, along with countless other audio innovations!

It is a mistake to think that a recording engineer knows more about it than I do!

 

[KeithR]

The meme you both are fixated on will not offer a way forward. As vinyl aficionados and sufferers of digitalitis like me I suspect that only a current generation Lampizator playing high resolution computer files will help you understand what I have reported.

Please find a system you're familiar with which affords the opportunity to compare high-level vinyl playback to a current generation Lampizator playing high resolution computer files. I look forward to your reports.

I actually found your Baltic sounded quite digital despite the tube flourishes. Perhaps the Horizon you heard at Pats gets rid of that entirely.

 

[Ron Resnick]

I was involved in the creation of digital audio from its inception. I invented a superior format, along with countless other audio innovations!

Cool! What is your real name?

 

[Al M.]

I admire your modesty .

"I am extremely proud that humility is one of my most outstanding virtues."

 

[SoundMann]

Cool! What is your real name?

George Mann, inventor of the full spectrum, frequency-modulated optical analog disc format.

 

[Amir]

Welcome George

I find this :

analog

 

[Bonesy Jonesy]

Following on from one of my first posts on this subject, a nice read to wet your appetites;

https://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/d.j.benson/pages/html/music.pdf

 

[SoundMann]

Welcome George

I find this :

analog

Yes, but unfortunately the original in-depth interview is no longer available.

 

[Bonesy Jonesy]

Following on from one of my first posts on this subject, a nice read to wet your appetites;

https://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/d.j.benson/pages/html/music.pdf

A nice article (again following on from one of my first posts on this subject), where George Mann is mentioned.

 

[Bonesy Jonesy]

A nice article (again following on from one of my first posts on this subject), where George Mann is mentioned.

Ooops forgot to add the link lol ;

analog