My first record was Eddie Grant's single, Electric Avenue. My parents bought it for me when it came out and I was 10 years old. I have over 13,000 pieces of vinyl, now. Lots of LPs, tons of singles, white labels, test pressings, and crates and crates of "collector" pieces. There is no question that digitizing something takes the "soul" out of it. But, having it digitized sure makes moving a whole hell of a lot easier.
Doug - 11 years ago
The CD sounds flat compared to the vinyl.
Brett - 11 years ago
The album mix as presented here, that "seems more natural centered" is better known as a monaural, or mono mix, while the CD is stereo. That is but one reason this is not particularly a fair comparison. However this comparison may actually provide some corroborating evidence for whether vinyl-analog or digital is more capable of accurately reproducing sound as mixed by a recording engineer in a studio.
David Lombardo - 11 years ago
The CD mix is even different. The instruments are hard panned left or right, where the album mix seems more natural and centered. Didn't realize there was THAT much difference. Started my vinyl collection in 1973 when I was six...fell to the CD craze in the late 80's...rebuilding my vinyl collection (500+) within the last 5 years.
george - 11 years ago
definitely something lost in the digitization didn't notice it before but its quite noticeable side by side
My first record was Eddie Grant's single, Electric Avenue. My parents bought it for me when it came out and I was 10 years old. I have over 13,000 pieces of vinyl, now. Lots of LPs, tons of singles, white labels, test pressings, and crates and crates of "collector" pieces. There is no question that digitizing something takes the "soul" out of it. But, having it digitized sure makes moving a whole hell of a lot easier.
The CD sounds flat compared to the vinyl.
The album mix as presented here, that "seems more natural centered" is better known as a monaural, or mono mix, while the CD is stereo. That is but one reason this is not particularly a fair comparison. However this comparison may actually provide some corroborating evidence for whether vinyl-analog or digital is more capable of accurately reproducing sound as mixed by a recording engineer in a studio.
The CD mix is even different. The instruments are hard panned left or right, where the album mix seems more natural and centered. Didn't realize there was THAT much difference. Started my vinyl collection in 1973 when I was six...fell to the CD craze in the late 80's...rebuilding my vinyl collection (500+) within the last 5 years.
definitely something lost in the digitization didn't notice it before but its quite noticeable side by side