The New York Times Says That Sound Quality Steps Back, But There Are Still Records, SACD and Bluespec....
In the New York Times, yesterday, another fascinating story about the diminishing quality of digital music recordings. Higher technology equals lower sound quality. "To many expert ears, compressed music files produce a crackly, tinnier and thinner sound than music on CDs and certainly on vinyl," writes Joseph Plamback.
But there is a solution: vinyl records.
That is to say, if the lower sound quality were seen as a problem. But as 22 year old Thomas Pinales says, “My ears aren’t fine tuned. I don’t know if I could really tell the difference.”
For those of us who can tell the difference there are records.
As far as as other formats are concerned: I do like the SACD compact disk format and wish there were more titles in this format. I also hear that Sony's Bluespec format is great as well. One, SACD, offers higher than normal sampling rates while Bluespec provides a more precise laser for greater sound fidelity. I've never heard the Bluespec, but I have tested SACD disks side-by-side with their conventional counterparts - Dylan's Desire in both formats on an SACD player - and the difference is noticeable.
For the complete article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/business/media/10audio.html
But there is a solution: vinyl records.
That is to say, if the lower sound quality were seen as a problem. But as 22 year old Thomas Pinales says, “My ears aren’t fine tuned. I don’t know if I could really tell the difference.”
For those of us who can tell the difference there are records.
As far as as other formats are concerned: I do like the SACD compact disk format and wish there were more titles in this format. I also hear that Sony's Bluespec format is great as well. One, SACD, offers higher than normal sampling rates while Bluespec provides a more precise laser for greater sound fidelity. I've never heard the Bluespec, but I have tested SACD disks side-by-side with their conventional counterparts - Dylan's Desire in both formats on an SACD player - and the difference is noticeable.
For the complete article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/business/media/10audio.html
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