"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Serge Auckland" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Serge Auckland" wrote


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 :-)

Strange isn't it, it's B that sounds "shouty" to me, especially the
roughness with highs.


The bass is also somewhat recessed on the CD version which is what makes
it 'shouty' to me, but I've trimmed the clips down:

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

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


....to enable more direct comparisons to be made and, if anything, the
CD is more shouty than ever and completely lacking in 'texture' - by
comparison to the vinyl, which is why I consider CD to be less *natural*
and certainly less 'listenable'!

(I guess one man's 'texture' is another man's *noise*....?? :-)


Exactly the other way round for me! A is clean, B is coloured (shouty
isn't a bad way of describing it) I suppose your texture is my
coloration.


The 'something added vs. something lacking' dichotomy again? :-)

Exactly. I find vinyl adds something undesirable, you feel CD lacks
something desirable.



By the
way, what cartridge did you use for the vinyl? I would guess an AT95 or
similar.


A Goldring Electro II+ which is a high output (2.5 mV) MC with a van den
Hul I stylus. (So, not really!! :-)

(That's after having found a busted wire in the connectors on my other
deck, which was the one I was going to use - and which you've reminded me
needs sorting!)

I'm surprised, as the Goldring I have (1042) and my memories of Goldring
G800 series were of quite smooth cartridges. Maybe the disk is well worn, as
I found the loud highs quite rough.

S


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