DR ratings: vinyl era vs modern era

[wallace]

Meanwhile,back on topic.I have tried listening to my vinyl copy of Bernstein's Verdi's Requiem (original CBS).One minute i can only just hear it,and the next the minstrels are jumping off the carpet.Should i just buy the CD,,,,Discuss....And will this help.

[jammy395]

Wallace I would buy the cd.

Has your lp always been thus (bad) its not fluff in the groove is it......

[terrybooth]

I think the point is that Bernstein's CBS recording of Verdi's Requiem has a good dynamic range - it reproduces quiet bits and it plays loud bits

[jammy395]

No harm checking for fluff anyway.

[wallace]

I think the point is that Bernstein's CBS recording of Verdi's Requiem has a good dynamic range - it reproduces quiet bits and it plays loud bits

I think you are right,what i really need is a dedicated listening room that has no wife's or dogs present.Ah well it's back to Oscar Peterson Trio for me.

[Orc 201267]

I have david gilmore rattle the lock on vinyl and got it off itunes
One vinyl i can hear bits i cannot on the itunes and vice versa
But the vinyl has more space and depth to it compaired to the itunes version
Weather thats down to electronics/ equpiment or recording is anyones guess
I have a original Meatloaf bat out off hell on vinyl and it is rubbish the cd is better but i do think that was to do with the production off the album ,, i think sales ment more in that era than sound quality
Just my thoughts

[Orc 201267]

Allso it was the era off cd promotion against the black stuff

[Daniel Quinn]

How is d/r measured and his it a a] factual b] consistent in time a space ?

example

a] A centimetre is a factual measurement ,it requires no subjective interpretation where as say sound quality of an record is a subjective measurement .

b] A centimetre in 1974 was the same as it is now .

[Orc 201267]

Would it not be the notes at the right tone and pitch but who is to say that it is and the original to e is correct

[Fretless]

Music carriers (LP/CD) are a mass-market product and are primarily intended for mass consumption in the market place, it is clear that the record companies will orientate their product towards the needs and tastes of the mass (and not the individual).

The music-buying public of 1974 had different tastes and expectations to their counterparts of today - and the music-reproducing equipment (of the masses) has changed completely.

New product is designed to sound its best on cheap earbuds and wireless speakers - just as in 1974 it was transistor radios and plastic gramophones.

The 'audiophile' belongs in a small group that has little influence on the big manufacturers and 'we', unfortunately, have to accept what is dished up. Hoping that it sounds at least reasonable.

Try turning on the 'volume normalisation' when you rip a CD. Your own computer then adjusts the volume of all the tracks so the levels are the same when you play them back - ugh! But that is what people want - and expect - nowadays.