Deja Vu all over again
Yes but pity the stereo channel separation is 70% better on CD than vinyl. For vinyl just 30db at 1khz and almost mono in the bass and around 20db in the highs. CD 120db all through the range. And then there’s the noise difference🤦♂️ Cheers George |
Yes but pity the stereo channel separation is 70% better on CD than vinyl.Yes, George, that’s nice. one problem though. the ear hears via micro and macro peaks or transients. and the major error component of a digital signal system or a class d amplifier, is the micro and macro transient peaks are all out of place in time and level. the part of an analog signal that a slab of vinyl and cartridge do indeed get right, is that transient. that’s the one thing they do well, and surprise surprise, it is exactly what the ear needs to hear to able to decode a complex music signal. so the slab of wax --- actually wins. There is a reason people think it is superior to CD. because in the fundamental way that is important, it actually is. |
I think it’s mainly those with nostalgia reasons and massive record collections and big rigs, I could have stayed with it also. I had Stax CPX electrostatic cartridge and power supply (best ever) on mega $ TT and arm. http://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=23803&sid=314038a158e97a8f87... But to me CD using good R2R ladder conversion has it all over that vinyl rig, especially in sound stage image and depth focus, and the ability to give imagining outside the speakers, which gives the feeling you get up and and can walk into that image, and that’s bought mainly because of the 120db channel separation. Cheers George |
