Precisely! I am flattered by all of the attention but really saddened that some people have no sense of humor....
When you're given limited time you make the most of it. No Red Bull was involved.
Welcome Mike
we really are a good bunch of guys here and we look forward to your future contributions. Occasionally one will get out of the sandbox and play rough
Precisely! I am flattered by all of the attention but really saddened that some people have no sense of humor....
Steve, and all. I wrote two pieces for Mikey's site and he is a gentleman, and wonderful to work with. If he continues to occasionally drop in and contribute
we will all be better off for it. He has 20 years on me but twice the energy!
Soindminded"Does vinyl have the equivalent of MP3?" "Does vinyl have something called lossy vs lossless?"
Vinyl IS the equivalent of MP3. Vinyl is inherently a lossy system.
http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?6409-Comments-from-new-members---Hey Greg, you have a new avatar; no turntable? :b
Could you give us a link?
how many can you count and name Terry? -Mikey.
Soindminded
Perhaps I'm having difficulty communicating, there seems to be a rash of people misunderstanding what I say. I'll stick with my original statement: "Vinyl IS the equivalent of MP3. Vinyl is inherently a lossy system." As mp3 does not have the technical capabilities of wav which is at least in theory adequate for recording all music to the limits of resolution and range of human hearing in both frequency and amplitude, vinyl does not have the technical capabilities of the master analog tape from which it was made. BTW the master tape recorder does not have adequate capabilities for recording all music without a lot of help, not just massive equalization but Dolby A and in extreme cases peak limiting. So vinyl is a loss from the master tape signal just as mp3 is a loss from the wav file. There are lossless recordings on vinyl and those are direct to disc but they are not only few and far between, they still have all of the same technical limitations inherent in vinyl.
Here's a question, could you burn a cd that is audibly indistinguishable from any vinyl played on any phonograph with consumer grade CD equipment? How about with laboratory grade CD equipment? My hunch is that with consumer grade equipment you could come awfully close, in lab conditions it could be made indistinguishable with RBCD techology. Can you do the reverse, make a vinyl that is indistinguishable from any arbitrary CD? Not a snowball's chance in hell.
I am curious. Have you ever compared the master tape to the LP made from it or is this all conjecture?
Because I will tell you this--and I think MikeL has said as much after he took receipt of his NVS/Telos/Anna combo--that LPs played back on the best of today's tables equipped with the best of today's arm sporting the best of today's cartridges are remarkably close to a master or even 2nd gen. 15 ips tape. Yes the tape is better in many little ways but the LP is clearly not embarrassed.
And the answer to your last question is no. If a high rez copy of a master tape doesn't equal the master tape, how do you expect this in the case of an LP?
I can tell you that Bob Ludwig, who has heard literally 10,000 master tapes said that in extensive testing he did with a panel, LP came in dead last when compared.
DSD was first, High bit depth/sample rate PCM was second, and a tape dub was third.
"Now, a great converter takes as much care with the analog circuitry as the digital. With high resolution digital, it is almost impossible to pick out the original from the copy, while with vinyl, one can ALWAYS pick out the original vs the vinyl playback!"