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| | Thoughts on Vinyl LP Fidelity | Sex Jun 16 2017, 19:57 por ricardo onga-ku | Thoughts on Vinyl LP Fidelity...and on Sgt. Pepper's 50th Anniversary Remix.
I know, the debate between vinyl and CD (digital) remains one of the greatest "wars" of the audio world; not that it should be a big deal IMO...
As usual in most audiophile conflicts, there are many words spilled about the topic, but it is rare to see "data" or actual direct comparisons.
For example, look at Wikipedia's entry for "Comparison of analog and digital recording" and we see no actual illustration to demonstrate differences.
Years ago, I wrote a little about this here (and I think it's only fair that I have a digital-preferring Batman cartoon).
As you know, over the years there are all kinds of vinyl evangelists going around touting the superiority of LPs over CDs and digital overall (and vice versa although I'm not sure the digital camp is as evangelistic).
Here's a nice example of all the awesomeness that is vinyl based on someone's opinion.
As I've said before, I agree that there are some great qualities about having an LP collection.
So long as you have the space for the non-biodegradable collection, the beauty of the artwork is wonderful.
It's comforting and collectable memorabilia.
And likewise the sound can be alluring in the same romantic way. For some, the ritualization of the playback process can bring with it that sense of security and physical engagement as well.
But let's just not beat around the bush, there's no comparison when it comes to fidelity.
There's just no excuse for editorials like this one (silly claims of digital "losing some of the very continuousness of presentation" among other false gems).
When we're looking at the ability for the system to maintain accuracy / fidelity in terms of what was originally on the source and the system subsequently able to copy, store, transfer, and reproduce the waveform as closely to the original as possible, the difference in capability is truly worlds apart.
In this regard, a CD (and digital file, especially hi-res) is obviously able to handle the quality in a way that will not corrupt the playback with noise, distortions, or timing anomalies.
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Notice that even if we ignore the noise level difference, the LP signal isn't clean.
We can see the higher order harmonics evident - approximately 2% total harmonic distortion in the signal through the LP --> Denon DL-110 cartridge --> Emotiva phono/preamp.
This is orders of magnitude higher harmonic distortion compared to an equivalent digital system (which even in inexpensive DACs these days would be significantly less than 0.05%).
http://archimago.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/musings-measurement-thoughts-on-vinyl.html
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