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AZ Nomad wrote:
On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:18:29 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote:
Words fail me. Another who can't or won't hear the intrinsic
faults of vinyl.

I've compared 45-year-old LPs to their CD transfers, and they are often
remarkably close. LP /can/ be a good recording medium -- it just isn't
a very good playback medium. Good LP playback costs about 10 times (at
least) what good CD playback costs.

There is only one situation where I've found vinyl superior to CD,
but it had nothing to do with either medium. I've had CDs made from
20 year old master tapes that had a terrible S/N due to the age of the
tapes. The LP was superior, but only because the LP aged better than
the master tape used for the CD.

Anyone who worked in the recording industry when vinyl was the main replay
medium knows that the end result was frequently disappointment after the
master tape. And was likely not that happy with that analogue master tape
either, compared to what he heard during the recording. Good digital when
it arrived was a revelation. Of course that's not to say vinyl didn't give
- and continues to give - pleasure. But things move on. Sadly in the wrong
direction with the dreadful mastering of many current recordings.

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*Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?

Dave Plowman London SW
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