reliance digital vinyl?

Maybe, just Maybe the Reliance Rep was not well informed and probably thought it best to confidentally state it Digital...

Amp-nut,
Much the same thought occurred to me. Perhaps he said 'digital' not because he knew it, but because that is what he thought I might like to hear.
There is nothing indicated on the album telling us the nature of the recording.

I hope Saregama are not as casual about it.

Purnendu

It is just surprising how close a digital vinyl sounds to a CD

Hi Abhi,
In my view the digital vinyl is not as physical. If you ask what that means I am not sure of what to say except that there is a sense of a real physical instrument even in the old recordings that make vinyl the preferred thing for me. Perhaps I am just conning myself, but the fact is that I do listen to my modest vinyl collection far more frequently and over longer sittings than my cdp.

However I do have some digitally recorded vinyls, and a blind test would surely have me confused. While this is an old debate, I have tried listening to copies of the same music on cd and tt, and the cd is more attractive to begin with, but the LP is more intimate and physical. There is a Oscar Peterson I have on both mediums and the LP is a bit scratchy. With the CD I end up listening louder and seek impact by turning on the volume, with the LP I get drawn into the music. Perhaps I should get some music on digital vinyl and analog vinyl to get a closer comparison.

Purnendu
Purnendu

Hi Purnendu,

I wouldn't bother too much if it's a digital or an analogue recording. As long as a digitally recorded LP was mastered excellently it will also sound well. I have many lousy sounding analogue LPs (mostly Rock/Pop) and quite a lot of well sounding digitally recorded LPs. Nowadays I give much more importance to pressing quality. 'Cause surface noise and how silent the tracking is that is something which really counts....to me atleast.

Regards,
Jochen

Dear Jochen,
In principle at least I cannot agree with you!

Regards

Hi,
Pure analoge recording of modern music are rare because only a few Analogue studios are left. What one can hope for is to get a well produced digital recording on vinyl. There are vinyl re-releases of old analogue ones, mainly Jazz, Western Classical music and few pop.

By vinyl route you can get benifit of analogue playback at your end and hope that Digital system used at studios are much better than that one has at home

Most of midfi vinyl play back systems may not be capable of bringing out the difference between a full analogue recording line from that of a good digital one.

If one wants to experiment get a copy of Mark Knopflers Getlucky LP and CD. The LP is said to be full analogue production.

Hi,
I dont see the point in getting a well recorded digital on vinyl. As for the reissues of old analogue recordings , these are becoming increasingly numerous. Since most of the music I listen to is western classical, in my case there is a large body of reissues availabile. A fair bit of jazz is also available. I also wonder if saregama will issue the old vocal and classical records, without messing it up.

Although for recent releases there is little choice but CD replay, frankly I much prefer Bruno Walter with a few scratches than Ozawa. May be its ageing, but I seem to enjoy listening to what I know, and savour for it the nth time.

By the way your point about modest system not being able to showcase vinyl is open to question. My old Project Xpression with shure m97xe which doesnt cost very much, was quite an engaging performer. I think TT's start sounding good pretty cheap.

Purnendu