dholliday
deconstructed rep
Same goes for any well-produced musik.
I recently rediscovered the joys of physical media after years making do with mp3's and online streams, and the last few years have built up a solid collection of old favourites and new discoveries on CD & Vinyl.
I use those x100 multi-cd players which nowadays are very cheap to find. Got a few Pioneer PD-F models, and a Kenwood too. They sound better than expected, they go into a big mixer where i beef up the EQ a bit, then that goes into a pair of 8" active monitors.
I've done comparisons with online streams, where that signal also goes into the mixer. The biggest differences are the CD's have a sense of three-dimensional depth to them, clarity and oddly they also sound more fluid and wet. I'm guessing some quality of the digital-to-analog converters of the signal going from CD to output...something the dry static feeling of online-audio-quality can't replicate. Even ripped a CD, uncompressed, and played it back using Soundforge, and it lost that fluid wet feel. Tho' still retained the same clarity and depth.
Vinyl is another interesting experience. I collected all the albums of my favourite band on LP (Pink Floyd) and it was like discovering them anew. Great Gig in the Sky...holy moly...she sounded like she was right there in the room with me! Generally vinyl, as long as the rest of the signal path is decent, does upfrontness really well. It struggles with busy musik like certain full-orchestra stuff but excels when there are only a few key instruments, or elements. Drum 'n Bass sounds massive on vinyl! Even CD doesn't have that particular quality. Same for techno. Murder Was The Bass....holy hell! HUGE.
Explains why for many dance-musik genres vinyl DJ's tend to sound better than laptop-DJ's. Exception being underground psychedelic goa trance....just too busy, that needs the dynamic range of CD or uncompressed digital files.
