A number of people have claimed that the dynamic range of a given recording is often better on LP than on CD. Is this really true?
This would mean that there are two different mastered versions of the same recording: one intended for release on CD; the other, on LP.
Do labels really master two different release versions and put different versions on CD than on LP?
I ask as it seems unlikely that recording execs are making the decision to release a greater dynamic range recording on LP than CD. That is, I have trouble accepting that they understand that less compressed sounds better, but they are only going to release this better sound on LP.
I am not trying to start an argument over whether LP's or CD's sound better, or which has theoretically better dynamic range. My interest is in learning whether there are actually different released versions depending on the format.
I have compared those few recordings that I have of the same music I ahve on both LP and CD (a couple of pop and a couple of classical) and the versions have essentially the same dynamic range.
To check, I extract the CD file into a mastering editing program. I record the LP directly from the phono preamp out into a pro recording unit and load the resulting digital file into the same program. I then compare. The overall dynamic range of the recordings I have on the two formats are about the same.
So what have others found to be the case.
A number of people have claimed that the dynamic range of a given recording is often better on LP than on CD. Is this really true?
This would mean that there are two different mastered versions of the same recording: one intended for release on CD; the other, on LP.
Do labels really master two different release versions and put different versions on CD than on LP?
I ask as it seems unlikely that recording execs are making the decision to release a greater dynamic range recording on LP than CD. That is, I have trouble accepting that they understand that less compressed sounds better, but they are only going to release this better sound on LP.
I am not trying to start an argument over whether LP's or CD's sound better, or which has theoretically better dynamic range. My interest is in learning whether there are actually different released versions depending on the format.
I have compared those few recordings that I have of the same music I ahve on both LP and CD (a couple of pop and a couple of classical) and the versions have essentially the same dynamic range.
To check, I extract the CD file into a mastering editing program. I record the LP directly from the phono preamp out into a pro recording unit and load the resulting digital file into the same program. I then compare. The overall dynamic range of the recordings I have on the two formats are about the same.
So what have others found to be the case.