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is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl

sam here with another question. is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl ? i realize i'm gonna get ripped a new a-hole however this is not a joke question. honest answers please i can take the heat

as crazy as it sounds it seams perfectly logical to me. now here is what i did using my 2013 dell pc windows 7 32bit.

using foobar 2000 with the convolver dsp filter i made an impulse file consisting of a 1 second wave file extracted at 32 / 88 

from the intro to pink floyds us and them on 1st press vintage vinyl u.k harvest label. just the surface noise before the music 

starts and applied the impulse file to a digital album to see if the digital album now sounds like vintage vinyl.here's the results

not sure if i made the digital audio sound worse or really what i achieved ? feedback will help me decide if i should

abandoned this pipe dream and move on. source is digital download flac 16/44 same source for both before/after samples.

audio sample 1: http://pc.cd/GB3

audio sample 2 (impulse applied) http://pc.cd/7eA

audio sample 3: http://pc.cd/7DP7

audio sample 4 (impulse applied) http://pc.cd/bw2

audio sample 5: http://pc.cd/3etrtalK

audio sample 6 (impulse applied) http://pc.cd/lTf7
guitarsam
guitarsam OP
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sam here. how can digital sound as good as vinyl? 

the eagles - the long run, 1979 1st press vinyl,average dynamic range 15

the eagles - the long run,CD version 2000 average dynamic range 8

i don't care what anyone says 7db difference in real dynamic range is like comparing mono to stereo!

universal music group (umg) owns an estimated 98% of all music played and it's all brick wall limited to destroy the sound quality and the hypersonic effect look it up friends.





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geoffkait
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A couple things stick in my craw about digital, not much air and not as squeaky as analog. There is the overly aggressive compression of a heck of a lot of CDs to consider, too. Even LPs and hi res downloads can suffer some serious compression, according to the unofficial dynamic range database. Analog can be liked to heroin for the junkie whereas digital is kind of like methodone, a heroin substitute for when the dealer is out of town. 🤗
fleschler
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Digital Compact Cassettes were my favorite recording devices.  They were the closest sounding to 15 ips half track R2R recording.   I was never disappointed with DCC sound.  I'm sorry the format fizzled. 
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geoffkait
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As I’ve been advising of late many cassettes from the mid 80s on 🔜 are digitally remastered. Kind of Blue, about 8 of the Stones repertoire, most if not all Led Zeppelin, etc. Vanguard did some including two Country Joe and the Fish, I have all of the above. I’m just scratching the surface. Digalog was one trade name for digital cassettes. Perhaps many that aren’t advertised as digital actually are.  Digital had arrived and cassettes we’re not going to be left out of the technology. Even the plastic cassettes had evolved by the mid 80s. Cassettes are the best sounding digital format. Fabulous!
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