CD masters rejected for vinyl production
Reply #30 – 2013-03-17 07:53:32
...The spectral content of the peaks you seem to so highly covet in the LP version of this specific title is quite ugly. I haven't listened yet but I have a feeling that they will contain the same type of audible distortion that I revealed the last time I auditioned a pair of your samples. I seriously doubt they exist on the analog tape this way. In fact I would not be the least bit surprised that the CD version is a more faithful presentation, both audibly and in the visual appearance of the waveforms. Not trying to backpedal but my cartridge on that was the stock OM5 that came with last-gen Debut III's. I'm actually having a friend re-record that title for me on his (impressive) set-up. It sounded (to me) pleasing and better than the CD on my home stereo and car stereo. I've been listening to some of those examples on headphones and noticing that this cart seems to be emphasizing quite a bit of treble at the seeming expense of the midrange. (I wonder how long it would have taken me to realize my cart sucks if I hadn't gotten so critical.) I don't know if that affects the peaks and distortion or not...but I guess it should be "good enough" for someone more knowledgable to get to the bottom of it. If I remember correctly the DR Meter gave it a "12," but as David(2BDecided) fairly demonstrated in that thread, that thing can apparently be tricked as well. As a sidenote and since there's more than one direction this thread is going at the moment: I'm in no way in agreement with anything paul46 is putting forth. I know it gets tiring to have to keep addressing the same issues like the ones he brought up, but we're all at different levels of understanding I guess. (That's more addressed to myself and my own lack of patience and generally being a dick sometimes.)