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In Reply to: "Overly compressed dynamic range" posted by Feanor on July 28, 2022 at 09:52:52:
OK, so you dodged a bullet, but almost everyone else in the world didn't.Even classical music CDs cannot avoid the sources of distortions and noise I pointed out in my previous post, the ones you conveniently ignored. Besides, for overly compressed CDs does it really matter why or how they wind up with weak dynamic range? Mastering is a very critical stage in making CDs.
If you were able to have the RCA Living Stereo CD and the original RCA Living Stereo LP and had a very good turntable and CD player to be able to compare them what you would find out that the CD version is missing important information compared to the LP. Does that surprise you? Or compare Heifetz on CD to Heifetz on LP. On CD his tone is all wrong and the subtly of the sound of the violin is missing in action. Heck, even the cassette version is much more believable than the CD. I have several RCA Living Stereo on cassette. They're fabulous.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - "MoFi Gate"..... Recent Mobile Fidelity Vinyl Has Been Digitally Mastered.... [yt] - Todd Krieger 05:05:54 07/24/22 (105)
- RE: "MoFi Gate"..... Recent Mobile Fidelity Vinyl Has Been Digitally Mastered.... [yt] - fantja 09:16:48 08/6/22 (0)
- RE: "MoFi Gate": one solution is - LtMandella 19:41:26 07/26/22 (0)
- Sorry, gotta say it: the real scam is vinyl itself - Feanor 06:43:55 07/26/22 (39)
- RE: Sorry, gotta say it: the real scam is vinyl itself - SoundMann 14:24:01 08/5/22 (0)
- Not to mention the deliberate colorations of the cartridge - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 09:06:10 07/27/22 (16)
- People are entitle to like what they like, but it's strange ... - Feanor 04:42:19 07/28/22 (15)
- It's sad that we've come to this. - tketcham 05:19:06 07/29/22 (11)
- That's true -- there were/are more and less good LPs - Feanor 08:23:53 07/29/22 (0)
- My ears - geoffkait 05:47:33 07/29/22 (8)
- RE: Your ears - tketcham 07:38:23 07/29/22 (7)
- Logical fallacy alert! - geoffkait 07:57:35 07/29/22 (6)
- Logics? I thought we were discussing music... - tketcham 14:00:49 07/29/22 (1)
- If you're happy, I'm happy, that's all that really matters. - geoffkait 14:37:45 07/29/22 (0)
- you are a logical fallacy bud - " to be a logical fallacy, it must be logically flawed or deceptive " - Story 08:06:01 07/29/22 (3)
- It was a logical fallacy because...- - geoffkait 09:54:05 07/29/22 (2)
- maybe you will also - Story 10:07:45 07/29/22 (1)
- I epitomize the high end, your mind is still in the gutter, bubble boy. - geoffkait 13:38:44 07/29/22 (0)
- RE: It's sad that we've come to this. - Story 05:35:42 07/29/22 (0)
- Accuracy - geoffkait 08:25:00 07/28/22 (2)
- "Overly compressed dynamic range" - Feanor 09:52:52 07/28/22 (1)
- Nevertheless - geoffkait 07/28/2210:46:56 07/28/22 (0)
- RE: Sorry, gotta say it: the real scam is vinyl itself - Todd Krieger 08:24:31 07/27/22 (3)
- Sounds a bit like climate change denial - Feanor 07:58:44 07/28/22 (1)
- so has vinyl since Edison - Story 08:26:05 07/28/22 (0)
- if I did not have any digital I wouldn't have any Porcupine Tree - Story 08:37:05 07/27/22 (0)
- No, it's not a scam - Analog Scott 10:18:07 07/26/22 (10)
- OK, so it depends how you define "scam", I guess - Feanor 12:40:17 07/26/22 (9)
- If we are going to communicate we don'tget to make up personal defintions of words - Analog Scott 06:31:31 07/27/22 (4)
- The scam happens whenever a vendor claims that vinyl is high-fidelity - Feanor 04:44:20 07/28/22 (3)
- RE: The scam happens whenever a vendor claims that vinyl is high-fidelity - SoundMann 14:33:11 08/5/22 (0)
- High end vinyl or your money back - geoffkait 06:02:59 07/28/22 (0)
- using that same logic of yours, digital ain't - Story 05:38:14 07/28/22 (0)
- you're a grown man, the word SCAM should not be used so lightly - Story 12:49:28 07/26/22 (3)
- Just ignore me then -nt - Feanor 13:09:36 07/26/22 (2)
- we try to - Story 13:12:51 07/26/22 (1)
- I assume you mean we as in we the peanut gallery - geoffkait 11:40:14 07/27/22 (0)
- Yea it's possible - Goober58 10:07:32 07/26/22 (0)
- can you be honest?? - Story 06:49:25 07/26/22 (4)
- The last time I seriously listened to vinyl - Feanor 08:58:20 07/26/22 (3)
- I had a Holman at one time for a bit - Story 09:11:39 07/26/22 (2)
- Sometimes folks get lost and wander over here from ASR or Hydrogen Audio. nt - viridian 09:45:27 08/6/22 (1)
- +1 /nt - Story 09:50:31 08/6/22 (0)
- RE: "MoFi Gate". - pbarach 09:44:07 07/25/22 (0)
- Isn't it Michael Fremer who likes to cut LPs from CD? - Feanor 09:22:38 07/25/22 (6)
- RE: Isn't it Michael Fremer who likes to cut LPs from CD? - SoundMann 14:17:20 08/5/22 (0)
- I believe that he has/had an Allesis MasterLink 9600...- - Chris Garrett 10:24:00 07/27/22 (1)
- there's a fix - Story 10:38:25 07/27/22 (0)
- No nt - Tre' 09:51:20 07/25/22 (2)
- No? Who then? -nt - Feanor 11:51:11 07/25/22 (1)
- I don't know -nt - Tre' 12:57:33 07/25/22 (0)
- Coupla active threads here on AA (in VINYL) on the subject... N/T - musetap 21:27:05 07/24/22 (0)
- RE: "MoFi Gate"..... Recent Mobile Fidelity Vinyl Has Been Digitally Mastered.... [yt] - itolduso1000timesb4 17:19:37 07/24/22 (0)
- I suspect those most upset - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 16:25:10 07/24/22 (24)
- If anything is COLORED just right I can live with that - Story 04:20:24 07/25/22 (6)
- How much is too much - Goober58 15:38:37 07/25/22 (5)
- back in '75 it sounded amazing - Story 16:47:05 07/25/22 (4)
- RE: back in '75 it sounded amazing - Goober58 09:57:33 07/26/22 (3)
- as good as any 33 can be... - Story 10:06:19 07/26/22 (2)
- RE: as good as any 33 can be... - Goober58 10:12:49 07/26/22 (1)
- all mine were purchased years ago, nothing recent - Story 10:30:23 07/26/22 (0)
- Wait until they find out they were mastered at 55% speed!... N/T - musetap 01:33:16 07/25/22 (0)
- RE: I suspect those most upset - Todd Krieger 19:43:07 07/24/22 (15)
- RE: I suspect those most upset - Analog Scott 00:49:57 07/25/22 (14)
- Not hiding - Tre' 08:55:41 07/25/22 (13)
- Actually that was the video that lead to him going into hiding - Analog Scott 22:13:29 07/25/22 (7)
- Here's Mikey from the 22nd, two days after you say he went into hiding - Tre' 08:21:49 07/26/22 (5)
- I don't think you are getting the picture here - Analog Scott 10:26:50 07/26/22 (3)
- can you give me a link? - Tre' 11:47:23 07/26/22 (2)
- RE: can you give me a link? - Analog Scott 06:34:23 07/27/22 (1)
- I am asking for a link to the message boards.... - Tre' 07:29:51 07/27/22 (0)
- thanks Tre - Story 09:26:56 07/26/22 (0)
- It was four days ago? - Tre' 06:31:34 07/26/22 (0)
- I've seen enough Fremer recently ... - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 17:41:28 07/25/22 (3)
- Yup nt - Analog Scott 22:15:04 07/25/22 (0)
- RE: I've seen enough Fremer recently ... - Tre' 20:15:28 07/25/22 (1)
- So, I watched - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 23:19:30 07/25/22 (0)
- much ado, explains why I've heard 'softness' on some. Thans Tre /nt - Story 09:18:34 07/25/22 (0)
- RE: "MoFi Gate"..... Recent Mobile Fidelity Vinyl Has Been Digitally Mastered.... [yt] - Goober58 15:17:23 07/24/22 (0)
- re: MoFi-gate: "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing" (nt) - mhardy6647 14:42:26 07/24/22 (0)
- New 180 gram vinyl started showing up in stores 20 years ago - most made from digital files. - geoffkait 13:40:45 07/24/22 (6)
- RE: New 180 gram vinyl started showing up in stores 20 years ago - most made from digital files. - Todd Krieger 14:42:42 07/24/22 (5)
- RE: New 180 gram vinyl started showing up in stores 20 years ago - most made from digital files. - geoffkait 04:03:02 07/25/22 (0)
- Addendum...... - Todd Krieger 15:35:20 07/24/22 (3)
- RE: Addendum...... - geoffkait 09:33:40 07/25/22 (2)
- RE: Addendum...... - Todd Krieger 13:59:55 07/25/22 (1)
- RE: Addendum...... - geoffkait 14:51:53 07/25/22 (0)
- RE: "MoFi Gate"..... Recent Mobile Fidelity Vinyl Has Been Digitally Mastered.... [yt] - Analog Scott 13:18:56 07/24/22 (3)
- RE: "MoFi Gate"..... Recent Mobile Fidelity Vinyl Has Been Digitally Mastered.... [yt] - Tre' 10:04:19 07/25/22 (2)
- Yep! He suuuuuuure did say that - Analog Scott 10:30:03 07/26/22 (1)
- RE: Yep! He suuuuuuure did say that - Tre' 16:40:23 07/26/22 (0)
- RE: "MoFi Gate"..... Recent Mobile Fidelity Vinyl Has Been Digitally Mastered.... [yt] - Utley1 10:00:04 07/24/22 (0)
- The MoFi DSD One Steps ain't cheap, gentle readers - geoffkait 08:40:03 07/24/22 (2)
- RE: The MoFi DSD One Steps ain't cheap, gentle readers - srdavis2000 11:17:57 07/24/22 (1)
- RE: The MoFi DSD One Steps ain't cheap, gentle readers - geoffkait 11:43:55 07/24/22 (0)
- A lot of those old tape masters are probably unusable - Story 05:19:39 07/24/22 (10)
- RE:That Seems at Odds With . . . - Mel 09:43:45 07/24/22 (3)
- well... I mean... you said "repair" ;) (nt) - mhardy6647 14:36:33 07/24/22 (2)
- RE: well... I mean... you said "repair" ;) (nt) - Mel 19:16:27 07/24/22 (1)
- they have to RENT tapes or whatever source - Story 12:25:07 07/25/22 (0)
- That's a Valid Point....... - Todd Krieger 05:24:48 07/24/22 (5)
- they have Frank Sinatra on MFSL - Story 05:56:13 07/24/22 (4)
- I lived throught that era, as a reel-to-reel recordist - John Marks 06:08:15 07/24/22 (3)
- This Raises Two Questions.......... - Todd Krieger 07:11:39 07/24/22 (2)
- To which I totally lack good answers! - John Marks 07:26:23 07/24/22 (1)
- Very Informative...... [nt] - Todd Krieger 08:03:47 07/24/22 (0)
Follow Ups
- Nevertheless - geoffkait 07/28/2210:46:56 07/28/22 (0)