Vinyl/CD

[Doug Tymofichuk]

On Thu, 27 May 1999 08:35:21 GMT Paul Maddox 
<space_banana at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
>   Have you ever noticed how a track you have on vinyl 
> sounds better than a CD... to me the sound is more spacious 
> and not so dead..
> 
>   I have tracks mastered to CD and to vinyl and the vinyl 
> sound soooo much better than CD..
> 
>   Is there a reason? is it something that is done in the 
> production of the CD/LP or is it the way the needle on an 
> LP works?

IMHO this difference is mostly due to losses of information 
with the current digital sampling system, as well as added 
digital artifacts. The analogue system is "more accurate" 
in some way that your ear-brain mechanism can sense.

>   My reason for asking is that if its the way a needle 
> works,couldn't this be emulated in some way to give a 
> "spatializer" module?
> 
>   Paul (wacky ideas man)

Using tube electronics instead of solid state gives a 
similar improvement in sound. Good idea though!
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Doug Tymofichuk
dougt at cancerboard.ab.ca