@mikelavigne
Hello Mike,
Whether the files contain such dynamics is another matter, of course -- in my experience, they often do not! In fact, much of the digital content available today is abysmally compressed. Additionally, the digital compression rate is much higher than we find in LPs. compression, I believe, is one reason why vinyl sounds better: because the source material is better, to begin with.
In this respect, it is not surprising that an LP in your system has better dynamics and generally sounds better than many (mediocrely mastered) digital files.
Following up on @ct0517 post above, I have compared a vinyl reproduction to the same LP encoded 20/192 (direct from the TT output). The playback results in both digital & analogue were not particularly different; being of a certain age, I like the analogue sound—but frankly, I cannot say the digital copy sounded bad in any way (in fact, I'm not sure I could easily tell the difference!).
Hello Mike,
...he heard tape and vinyl do dynamics far beyond what any digital could doI am perplexed at the use of the word "can" because digital, esp hi-rez, *can* do dynamics (i.e. the difference between the lowest & highest amplitude reproduced) beyond what analogue *can* do.
Whether the files contain such dynamics is another matter, of course -- in my experience, they often do not! In fact, much of the digital content available today is abysmally compressed. Additionally, the digital compression rate is much higher than we find in LPs. compression, I believe, is one reason why vinyl sounds better: because the source material is better, to begin with.
In this respect, it is not surprising that an LP in your system has better dynamics and generally sounds better than many (mediocrely mastered) digital files.
Following up on @ct0517 post above, I have compared a vinyl reproduction to the same LP encoded 20/192 (direct from the TT output). The playback results in both digital & analogue were not particularly different; being of a certain age, I like the analogue sound—but frankly, I cannot say the digital copy sounded bad in any way (in fact, I'm not sure I could easily tell the difference!).