Well, listening to a Sheffield Lab recording, it does indeed sound good, but
I have a theory about vinyl.
Firstly, there is always some undulation in the plastic, this can cause
some dc drift, or rumble or whatever, second, the mechanical sound does not
all transfer to the stylus, the disc deforms, and also carries the sound at
a low level and delays and echoes it back to both channels, which of course
are only isolated by phase in the first place.
Then there are effects in the pick up as well, relaxation of the plastic as
it cools, which is why the audio has to be boosted at hf for a vinyl
master.
All these things do change the sound and can, in some instances fool the
ear that there is far more depth to the sound.

Brian

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David,

For some reason my reply to the thread isn't posting so I'll try a new
thread :

http://www.metropolis-group.co.uk/services.php?m=1&p=11


Of course direct-to-disc was the only method of recording for the first 60
years or so of the recording industry, and we all know how great all those
early recordings sound ;-)

I can remember when direct-to-disc recordings had a brief resurgence in
the 1970s. I didn't buy any because they were expensive and because the
music on them wasn't the sort of music I was interested in. They reviewed
well, but the point was made that cutting an LP side in one take is
effectively a live performance with no opportunity to do any subsequent
editing. That puts pressure on the musicians to give it their all for as
long as it took, and many reviewers felt that to be rather more
significant in making the "sound" of the disc than anything to do with the
technical issue of missing out the tape generation.

I was, I have to say, amused by this quote from the web-page for which you
posted the link.

quote
"I don't know why this ancient technology of wavy grooves and a disc works
so well, but it catches the sound of a room and a performance in a way
that tape and digital can't, even at super high resolution. I mean," says
Miles Showell, pioneer of our live cutting service.
unquote

As Mandy Rice-Davies once said, "he would say that, wouldn't he?"

David.