Originally Posted by
Haselsh1
OK, was up really early this morning so decided to listen to The Dark Side Of The Moon on vinyl using the Stanton ST.150 with Benz Micro Silver HOMC into a Project DS phono stage with QED Reference 40 interconnects. Now listening to 'On The Run' I noticed a lot of very low frequency bass that just shimmers very low to the floor. Got to admit I love this low frequency stuff so I kind of thought, wonder how good this is on the CD...?
So, Marantz CD player as transport into an updated Audiolab M-DAC into the Prima Luna preamp via Atlas Hyper interconnects. Playing the SACD reissue from a few years back that very low resonant bass was completely missing. There wasn't even a trace of it. Once again this has left me wondering whether, during the remaster, this was omitted on purpose...? If so, why the hell would they...?
There is, in my system, a clear difference between vinyl and CD showing that some of the audible spectrum is simply not there. I do understand though that this could be really showing the difference between differing versions of the same album. I think this needs further investigation within my own system
A lot of folks listening in the digital world are missing a lot more than that Shaun. You are correct it is the mastering at fault not acoustic feedback
I did a little experiment over Christmas with Pink Floyds The Wall. I have an early original pressing on vinyl so I was keen to listen to my friends 16bit and 24bit mastered versions via a ruthlessly revealing digital set up. The 16 bit version sounded washed out and a bit thin but to my surprise and horror the 24bit version sounded flat as a pancake and worse!!
The vinyl sounded full bloodied,fat, rich analog with a depth to the bass the digital version completely lacked.
So rather than read or imagine what is going on I actually heard it. There is so much crap out there regarding digital audio,especially hi Rez stuff if you actually get to hear some of it as I do often the truth is brutally revealed.
Simply, if stuff is mastered crap you get crap.If it is mastered well on digital it can be awesome!
Digital and Hi Rez is in no way a guarantee you are going to get great stuff and in my experience is often so disappointing compared to vinyl warts and all.
I hear folk bang on about the technical ability and wide dynamic range digital has but this often does not translate into the listening experience as you found out with DSOTM.
Main system : VPI Scout 1.1 / JMW 9T / 2M Black / Croft 25R+ / Croft 7 / Heco Celan GT 702
Second System : Goldring Lenco GL75 / AT95EX / Pioneer SX590 / Spendor SP2