I'm just listening to it now on my speakers. It's not bad. The sound is a little dull, not very dynamic - soft and easy to listen to. Maybe that's what they were striving for?
Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?
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I'm just listening to it now on my speakers. It's not bad. The sound is a little dull, not very dynamic - soft and easy to listen to. Maybe that's what they were striving for?
Give "Church" on the same album a listen, that song has good placing of voices and always makes me chuckle.
I think so, too. (Mainly because I am very sensitive to that "dryness" on female vocals.)
I agree. Anette Aavik's Liberty sounds good to me.they can still sound great.
I think most "girl with guitar" vocals sound like this. These particular sonic attributes are not what I'm talking about. These sonic attributes to me are not indicators of digital recording.
The main indicator of digital recording of vocals to me is the dryness sensation.
Thank you. I didn't care for "Church." "North Dakota" is the only thing on the album I like.Give "Church" on the same album a listen, that song has good placing of voices and always makes me chuckle.
In my system i can always hear the difference on drums, analog recorded drums mostly have a "rightness" to them, most digital recorded drums have a little drum machine sound to them.
I just listened to "Church". Ok, maybe the vocals could appeal to some, but I just found the whole thing a little bland and repetitive. Just my opinion of course.
I was giving the suggestion to hopkins, he streams and has most likely not heard the whole album, you have the vinyl version and probably have.
I really don't know how to describe it except by that word. Listen to Amanda McBroom's voice on Growing up in Hollywood Town for an example of not dry.
"Dryness" is less natural, less "breath of life," less like a live human singing to me in my room, and more like listening to a human voice processed by electronics which strips out from the sound of the voice some of the naturalness and organic-ness.
To my ears Boulder amplifiers sound "dry" and Jadis amplifiers do not sound "dry."
I typically play records like CDs. Which track am I looking for?I was giving the suggestion to hopkins, he streams and has most likely not heard the whole album, you have the vinyl version and probably have.
Sometimes the real pearls are hidden on the tracks you listen to to get to the hits. Not that Lovett ever had real hits, it's his mastery of so many types of music that intrigue me.I typically play records like CDs. Which track am I looking for?
I just listened to that track on Qobuz, and I can't say that I am terribly impressed with the recording of her voice. It is certainly recorded differently, and her voice is sweet, but I can think of many albums which have better recorded vocals. Check out Nat King Cole at the Sands, or Jimmy Witherspoon's Roots for two examples that come to mind...
To me it's all about the recording here.
I do not know the sonic attributes you are going by which get baked into "better recorded vocals." I explicitly offered that album to you only as an example of not "dry."
Let's not forget that he is only hearing one side of the analog/digital compare, he has not heard any vinyl versions of any of these songs.
Oh, this is an excellent point! Thank you.Let's not forget that he is only hearing one side of the analog/digital compare, he has not heard any vinyl versions of any of these songs.
Of course I am recalling the in-the-room, non-dry sound of Amanda's voice on that album on a 100% analog playback system.
If the vinyl played back on your system transforms the experience of that recording, more power to you
Here's another nice one. There are so many...
Listening to this version, on digital, it sounds great.
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As someone who comes from a part of the US where such music is popular...I can honestly say I can leave nearly all of it for youI love country and bluegrass, i love the "fiddle" not so much the violin.
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