"Serge Auckland" wrote in message
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Keith G" wrote



OK, that's an interesting statement - what do you think of these
near-identical clips (one CD, the other vinyl)?

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/MilesA.mp3

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/MilesB.mp3


Do you have a clear preference?


Miles A is a lot cleaner, much lower distortion on the highs, so I assume
it to be the CD. Sounds much nicer to me.Miles B is also a fair bit louder
and sounds compressed in comparison with A. Interestingly, the frequency
spectrum of A cuts off very rapidly at 16k whilst B goes on to 21k. I
assume therefore that A is CD, and the relatively limited bandwidth is a
function of the original tapes, whilt B is vinyl, and the very top is just
noise.


You are right - A is the CD. (I 'normalised' both those clips to -16 dB and
that's what comes out - Gawd knows what's going on in the software!) Also,
the vinyl clip was my first attempt at recording to this (Vista) laptop and
it was a nightmare!

The CD clip exhibits the 'clarity' (lack of noise floor) that is often
associated with CD, but it simply sounds *shouty* to me and the percussion
is brittle when compared with the vinyl. Disregarding *measurements* for
this purpose and using only my ears, once again, I prefer the vinyl (what
new?) by, er, *miles*!! (Oops :-)

Ya pays yer money....

(Except in this case I did for *both* the CD and LP....!! ;-)