[wellylug] Transferring LP's to CD's

[Joe Wilson]

what a technical bastard!

but yeah i totally agree with that kHz and bit stuff ;-)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Harker" <jharker at massey.ac.nz>
To: <wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [wellylug] Transferring LP's to CD's


> On Wednesday, 30 April 2003 10:42, Peter Jones wrote:
> > Was vinyl *ever* CD quality?
> >
> > (I sense a golden ear argument coming on :-) )
> 
> Okay this thread isn't Linux related, so spank me!
> 
> The main problem with CDs (apart from inadequate DA circuitry in many CD 
> players which mangles the fidelity present in the digital data) is that 
> they cut off everything above 20 kHz. Although we can't hear anything 
> much above about 16 kHz anyway, we CAN however hear the audible 
> difference tones when high frequency information is present.
> 
> We use this HF information to sense direction, it adds much to our 
> stereo perception and recent psychoneurological research shows we use 
> it to literally 'see' in the dark using rudimentary echolocation (think 
> about the last time you went for a midnight grope down the hall to the 
> loo!). Additionally, frequencies above 60 kHz, even though we do not 
> percieve them as sounds, induce alpha brainwave patterns (the ones that 
> make you feel all warm and fuzzy).
> 
> This HF information is present well beyond 100 kHz on vinyl but is 
> completely absent on CDs.  This is why classical music often sounds 
> dull on CD, and more lively on well kept (read unscratched) vinyl. You 
> ask any other classical musician :-) It is also one of the reasons why 
> live unamplified music (eg. opera, orchestra, unplugged pop and jazz) 
> sounds better when it is live and you are actually there, and is also 
> why most Techno DJs still use vinyl, because it gets the crowd jiggy 
> more effectively.
> 
> This is the main reason why the new 192 kHz digital audio formats pushed 
> by Sony Philips etc. such as DVD Audio really do sound much better. Of 
> course by then you're limited by the HF reproduction of your amp and 
> speakers... :-)
> 
> <lame attempt to remain on topic>
> So to get near the audio quality of vinyl on a Linux box, you'll need a 
> 24 bit 192 kHz audio card, software that can talk to it, a DVD burner 
> and software that can write the DVD Audio format.
> </lame attempt to remain on topic>
> 
> -- 
> Jonathan Harker
> MUSAC
> Massey University
> http://www.massey.ac.nz/
> 
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> counselors.
> 
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