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Hi Allen,
Long time, no talk! How do my recordings compare SACD to vinyl? SACD sounds great but vinyl rules.
Now, you ask a very interesting question. Which is more like the master tape? I've had many opportunities to compare analog, DSD, laquers and LPs of the same material....all in the same mastering suite. (Usually Bernie Grundmans.)
Here's what I think: SACD and the original laquer sounds most like the master tape. Vinyl sounds better. Confusing, eh? If you play a master tape and then play the LP of the same material, you will hear that the LP has more bloom and sense of "air". Some of this is actually a distortion. But it is a distortion we love! I include myself, I LOVE the sound of LPs.....by far my favorite playback medium in my own home rig.
SACD, the original laquer and the master tape all sound much "tighter" than the final LP. If you ever want to hear how LPs veer away from reality, listen to a cutting laquer compared to the LP stamped from it. You will be shocked.
But when I'm home and want to get lost in the music, I pull out the LP. It's a beautiful, seductive lie. But a lie that I love.
There it is. The dirty little secret.


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Topic - SACDs better than their vinyl equivalent. - jsm 17:59:29 02/8/05 ( 12)