Vinyl Sound Quality Forum

Vinyl for the most part avoided the loudness war with the rise of digital music cds included it s possible to make a track sound louder than it naturally should.

Vinyl sound quality forum.

Still as artists and labels hop on the vinyl trend some new vinyl releases may be mastered from cd quality audio not the high resolution formats audiophiles and folks like neil young adore. Just buy a few and see as your hifi set up will probably sound quite different than someone elses unless you have the exact same combination of components and listening room acoustics. The vinyl is usually very quiet warner pioneer but some folks think it can sound a little sharp. That s why snare drums cymbal splashes and other loud instruments have so much more punch in vinyl recordings.

To take advantage of higher quality dvd audio discs however you will need a dvd player with a 192khz 24 bit digital to analog converter. Having a proper sound system to play your cds or vinyl records through greatly affects the quality. The problem here is that it had a tremendous result on the audio quality. It is why mp3 with relatively few samples is so poor and hi res audio with far more is the closest we have to a studio recording.

Dvd audio discs and players are rare right now but they will become more common and the difference in sound quality should be noticeable. The quality of a digital reproduction is dictated by how many of those samples of the original are made. There s very little compression so the loudest parts of those sounds often. Why vinyl sounds better than cd or not listen 25 32 25 32.

Vinyl can still push music to the limits of its dynamic range 55 70db but it often shies away from doing so in order to maintain sound quality. It caused songs to sound distorted and unpleasant and removed their depth and texture. A turntable with a worn out needle won t be able to accurately convey the music within the grooves just as a stereo with blown out speakers won t properly deliver the data on a cd. Two audio experts join guest host john dankosky to talk about the science of audio and how perceptions can shape the sound experience.