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From: dave@rocksvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Vinyl vs. CD recordings
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Date: Wed, 5-Sep-84 10:03:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  5 10:03:00 1984
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Nf-From: rocksvax!dave    Sep  5 10:03:00 1984

I tried out a similar experiment to see how a LP fairs against a CD sound-wise.
I have the Yamaha CD-X1 machine, and got the LP and CD to be playing the
same song at the same place so a quick switch and change of volume would
get you to the same piece of music..
	Police "Synchronicity":
		LP sounded slightly better overall.  The CD did a much
		better job reproducing the bass notes.  CD high end sounded
		a bit tinny, I didn't try to change treble controls to fix.
	Donald Fagen "The Nightfly":
		CD sounded a bit better.  Bass was cleaner and there was more
		presence of the horns being played than the LP version.

I may note that Synchronicity is analog mastered, and "The Nightfly" is
digitally mastered (3M 32 track and some 4 track machine).  So the score is
1 and 1, so I would beleive the CD is just as capable as any LP assuming 
the recording gurus put the right bits on the CD.  I think we are just
seeing old masterings with LP "compensation" built in being shoved into
CD format.

Dave

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