[BC] They can't give 'em away!

[Rich Wood]

------ At 01:47 PM 9/21/2008, WBRadiolists at aol.com wrote: -------

>I think that's the biggest difference between the sound of a CD compared to
>an LP. The only *fair* test would be to get a CD that was made from the same
>master tapes as an LP, and compare those.

Actually, that's the last thing you want to do. A cutting master for 
vinyl is equalized specifically for vinyl and sounds really bad when 
used to cut a CD. That was the problem with early CDs. The CD doesn't 
need the audio manipulation that's required for vinyl to keep 
distortion down and to prevent clobbering adjacent grooves.

Ask any mastering engineer how significant the differences are.

Rich.