Is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl?
Yes.
1. Take digital file.
2. Press LP.
3. Play on vintage TT.
is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl
Is it possible to make a digital file sound like an analog LP? Indistinguishably? No Adequately? Possibly When you digitize a file you select some of the information to keep and some to discard. "Lossless" means after you have performed the step above you select a means of storage that does not lose any more of the original information. There are now two problems. You must have D to A hardware to fill in the parts lost when you digitized the file. Some hardware is better than others. Some methods are better than others. How the hardware and software go about putting Humpty Dumpty back together again is the trick. If there was a perfect way to do it why are there so many DACs and methods? |
My ad hoc tests with audiophiles says otherwise, however, you start from 2 false premises. 1) that a turntable has not already thrown away information. It has thrown away a ton of information. 2) That given a turntable has already thrown away a ton of information and the ear/brain has some limits i.e. bandwidth, can a digitized system collect all the usable information on a vinyl system such that the output is indistinguishable from the input. You haven't presented an argument that that is not true. Indistinguishably? No |
stevejewels Is it possible to make a digital file sound like an analog LP? Indistinguishably? NoIt’s not only possible, it’s not even that difficult to do. When you digitize a file you select some of the information to keep and some to discard.No, you don’t. The s/n, FR, and resolution of a hi-res digital file far exceeds that which can be pressed to LP. No information is "discarded." If there was a perfect way to do it why are there so many DACs and methods?It’s probably not possible to make the copy "perfect." But it is possible to make it indistinguishable from the LP. As I already mentioned, it pains me to admit this. I’m an analog guy from way back when and remain one still. |