"Music Sounds Better on Vinyl"
Reply #194 – 2012-02-22 08:17:55
We should [...] we have to figure out [...] We, as the people of HA and music listeners, cannot do anything about audio mastering quality. Our only possible action is to not buy horribly produced music, so that hopefully ultimately either this kind of production approach will die, or the responsible producers and engineers get replaced by apt people. Most Music gets produced for sale after all, and no sales will hopefully send the right message. Though, previously, "bad" sales have been attributed to piracy instead of diminished production values. The producers need to put the power over the volume knob and dynamic compression back to the listener. In my opinion people buying vinyl are supporting the broken system, since the major labels get additional money from the vinyl-crowd. Just resist, there is so much other worthwhile music out there which isn't produced in a "hot" fashion, and worthwhile to listen to. More specificically:Essentially they suggest to master vinyl for sound quality (as best as the format can) and master digital for portable use -- to sell to folks with earbuds and ipads / ipods. That seems to explain what I'm anecdotally seeing with new digital music and others are suggesting as well. This isn't necessary and just a sales pitch to sell extra "audiophile" versions. Why not master digital releases properly, too? Why should digital releases get mastered in a different way? Apple could just use EQ and DRC on their devices to make all music sound "hot", if they so want, but please don't force that onto all customers.