HD Vinyl - The Future is Here


leemaze
"Finally someone is trying to make better vinyl"? A LOT of people have for a long time been working on making better vinyl, and vinyl better. You've never heard of Mobile Fidelity? How about Michael Fremer and his Analog Planet site? Chad Kassem and his Analog Productions company, and all the other audiophile vinyl enterprises? This has been going on for decades. "Finally"?!
Take digital out of the process. I have 50s - 80s analogue LPs and the sound is fantastic. Crystal clear (even through the crackles). I have been lucky to get a cache of immaculate jazz and blues LPs from a collector. Almost all my digital recordings have a perceptible haze which is very tiring.
Crystal clear (even through the crackles) ?? Really? I'm not sure how that happens, but if you can imagine it, good for you. I love records and digital. Both have their place in my audio enjoyment. But my digital is much clearer and has no "haze". It certainly has no "crackles" I have to imagine clarity through.
The biggest advantage here is that the first disc pressed, and the 10000 disc pressed, from the same stamper will be of the same quality, rather than a slow drop off of quality during the total production run. Since most LP's are from high res files now anyway, the digital part should not cause any down side. Of course it will not be completely AAA, but pressing quality will be much improved.