Re: vinyl vs. CD again

From: Olaf Molenveld (olaf@interactivelink.nl)
Date: Sat Mar 31 2001 - 16:36:21 CEST

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    when i play out using CD's i always cut down on the high freqs......makes
    the sound warmer and rounder....i also use it when producing using digital
    sound sources...

    Olaf

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Jason Martin <suenomartino@bigpond.com>
    To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: zaterdag 31 maart 2001 3:28
    Subject: Re: vinyl vs. CD again

    > compare any cd and vinyl equivalent and I definetely feel something is
    lost
    > in the D/A conversion regardless of how much remastering you might like to
    > do for CD..
    >
    > >> And it's not just a consensus, but pure facts: on vinyl you can hear
    (or
    > > > better said feel) the frequencies above 20 000 kHz, on digitally
    > recorded
    > > > music it's
    > > > cut off.
    > > wow! really? 20000kHz? unfortunately the human hearing range ends at
    > 20kHz. ;-)
    >
    > as the above statement says, "or better said, feel" rather than hear...
    > music at a decent volume isnt only sensed aurally.. not sure about
    20000khz
    > though hehe..
    >
    > CD listening on my CD-only setup at home gives me headaches after a
    period,
    > whereas vinyl listening doesn't. I enjoy both formats for what they
    offer
    > though.. (flipping vinyl constantly at home sucks.. :)
    >
    > the thing that really irks me is the _shit_ sound systems all these clubs
    > insist on running to this day. Always cheap, noisy and loud - IMO a good
    > club system should have presence but you should be able to have a
    > conversation at normal volume in the middle of the dance floor. It seems
    > like the dance music industry took alot from the days of the Loft,
    Paradise
    > Garage etc, but they sure as hell didnt learn anything about sound system
    > setups from it... :(
    >
    > j
    >



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