Digital Recording vs. **** CDs

Posted by: Rockingdoc on 28 November 2002

Totally obsessed in playing with my new cheapo CD Recorder, it has become very obvious that I can record from vinyl (using a pretty good front end admittedly) and produce CDs that vastly better to listen to than many commercial CD re-issues of the late 80s and early 90s. How could the the record industry dare to put out such poor product, or has the technology really moved so far that a 149GBP domestic recorder can ouperform an 80's recording studio?

malcolm

p.s. for info; using a Lingo/LP12/Ekos, Ortophon Rohmann into Sugden Masterclass produces much better recordings than Linn Troika into NAC52. I think this is mainly due to the output from the Naim phono-stage being so feeble compared with the stand-alone dedicated Sugden phono-stage. (The Sugden phono-stage is much more expensive than the Naim cards/prefix.)

[This message was edited by Rockingdoc on THURSDAY 28 November 2002 at 11:07.]

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Posted on: 28 November 2002 by j8hn
Not only is the sound quality of many re-issues cr*p the quality and quantity of the artwork is pathetic.

Still we can all look forward to buying the stuff all over again when the record co.s release re-mastered & re-packaged versions, HDCD vers., Sacd vers., DVD vers., Super-Audio vers, isn't that great!
Posted on: 28 November 2002 by NaimDropper
I make some great sounding CDs with my LP12 and my Roland 16 track digital recorder...
Maybe it's just the Linn/Naim "sound" that I like so much, but I prefer these recordings to the re-releases etc.
No, they're not as "loud" and they have the artifacts of turntable stuff, but I can get the recordings down, trim the ends and side changes, add track markers where I want and enjoy the sound of my Linn and Naim preamp in my car.
Flat earth, in a way, as the source is definately first in that arrangement. At least in the recording chain.
And the car stereo is not that bad, not too boomy or obnoxious.
David
Posted on: 28 November 2002 by NaimDropper
Oh...
And I NEVER post process the sound! All that digital EQ, compression, etc that I have in my efx cards (including some decent mastering tools) are left OFF!!!
Some have reported running the files through a computer program designed to take out "pops" and "hiss" but I'd never try to post process the sound. Would only muck it up.
The LP12 is never out of shape with pops and clicks, so they don't really bother me on the CD.
David