Why I prefer digital to Vinyl
Jan 28, 2010 17:40:42 GMT
Post by derekrumble on Jan 28, 2010 17:40:42 GMT
It's great to see that new thread for vinyl discussion but this topic is not for there is it? I am not going to say why I prefer digital in there. It's not tactful is it?
When CD first arrived I was absolutely blown away with it. Yes, it was a bit hard and sterile -but sound came from nowhere! Instruments started to play out of an inky blackness. I didn't have to strain to hear what was going on. Take somthing like Holst's Planets and those violins at the start of Mars; the bows bouncing on the strings. Or the way Venus fades to silence - vinyl didnt do this trick for me. And pitch security too - I am sensistive to minor pitch instability from off centre records and there are quite a few in my collection. And no random pops and clicks, and no mistracking at the end movements which are often the loudest .
I first heard CD domestically at a friend's house. Exposure amps, LS3/5a speakers with an Audio-Pro sub and a Philips CD 473 (IIRC). Fabulous. Eevntually I bought the 471 - the same CDP but without remore control. £280 I think. Treble a little grainy but a nice 'organic,' fluid sound.
Background silence, speed stabilty and no mistracking. That's what does the trick with CD / digital for me. I place those characteristics up next to the fairy at the top of the tree.
I am so pleased thatthe audio industry has continued to identify why digital sometimes doesn't sound so good. And now we have 24/96 and better, new filter designs, FAR better ADCs than back in the eighties. Nice!
Derek
When CD first arrived I was absolutely blown away with it. Yes, it was a bit hard and sterile -but sound came from nowhere! Instruments started to play out of an inky blackness. I didn't have to strain to hear what was going on. Take somthing like Holst's Planets and those violins at the start of Mars; the bows bouncing on the strings. Or the way Venus fades to silence - vinyl didnt do this trick for me. And pitch security too - I am sensistive to minor pitch instability from off centre records and there are quite a few in my collection. And no random pops and clicks, and no mistracking at the end movements which are often the loudest .
I first heard CD domestically at a friend's house. Exposure amps, LS3/5a speakers with an Audio-Pro sub and a Philips CD 473 (IIRC). Fabulous. Eevntually I bought the 471 - the same CDP but without remore control. £280 I think. Treble a little grainy but a nice 'organic,' fluid sound.
Background silence, speed stabilty and no mistracking. That's what does the trick with CD / digital for me. I place those characteristics up next to the fairy at the top of the tree.
I am so pleased thatthe audio industry has continued to identify why digital sometimes doesn't sound so good. And now we have 24/96 and better, new filter designs, FAR better ADCs than back in the eighties. Nice!
Derek
or maybe something to do with direct microfity of the tone-arm/platter and the dust attracted to the rotating static accumulator 
