2. digital
  3. 1136402779

When is digital going to get the soul of music?

I have to ask this(actually, I thought I mentioned this in another thread.). It's been at least 25 years of digital. The equivalent in vinyl is 1975. I am currently listening to a pre-1975 album. It conveys the soul of music. Although digital may be more detailed, and even gives more detail than analog does(in a way), when will it convey the soul of music. This has escaped digital, as far as I can tell.
mmakshak
c1ferrari
464 posts
 
I don't know with absolute certainty; however, I believe redbook often gets an unwarranted bad rap - I've listened to some cd's that sounded great because what occurred upstream, i.e. recording and mastering, was great.
muralman1
1,527 posts
 
Redbook CDs can range from spectacular to unlistenable with some too boring.
c1ferrari
464 posts
 
Hi Muralman1,

Agreed :-) Precisely what you stated can be the result irrespective of medium.

Best,
Sam
fishing716
316 posts
 
The more you spend,the more soul you apparently get.
Well at least the Sony XA5400es challenges that assertion.
kijanki's avatar
kijanki
3,575 posts
 
LPs tend to have better mixing/mastering (or are selected from good recordings to start with). Poorly recorded very low quality LPs won't sell since currently it is only audiophile market while CD will sell no matter how bad as long as music is popular. As Muralman said there are some exceptional CDs showing that media has potential and can challenge many LPs. Audiophiles don't have any buying power in CD sales and cannot influence quality of recordings. The only reason, in my opinion, for pushing better sounding schemes like HDCD or SACD was to bring very strong copy protection. SACD doesn't cost more to print than CD but they felt that charging 100% more is OK.
More to discover