22-05-2011, 10:11 AM
The problem I've found with CDs are the things that were orginally on record and they've obviously used the same masters and the sound just seems very 'thin.' 'Born in the USA' is a prime example as my own CD copy of the LP seems much better than the proper CD.
'Never Mind the B*ll*cks' is just too quiet and that was supposed to be 'Digitally re-mastered.' I tried copying it and turning the level up but that just caused distortion so it's not just plain volume that it lacks.
You raise an obvious but no less valid point about comparing like with like as far as quality goes. My £20 MP3 player has more background noise than a valve radio but that isn't the coding's fault. Strangely the little five quid from Tesco one has far better sound quality. Luckily I'm not an audiophile and it's plenty good enough for me and far better than tapes of tapes of tapes of your pal's brother's cousin's record and the like that I grew up on!
It's nice to learn about the workings of these things so thanks for sharing your knowledge, Mark.
Cheers
- Joe
'Never Mind the B*ll*cks' is just too quiet and that was supposed to be 'Digitally re-mastered.' I tried copying it and turning the level up but that just caused distortion so it's not just plain volume that it lacks.
You raise an obvious but no less valid point about comparing like with like as far as quality goes. My £20 MP3 player has more background noise than a valve radio but that isn't the coding's fault. Strangely the little five quid from Tesco one has far better sound quality. Luckily I'm not an audiophile and it's plenty good enough for me and far better than tapes of tapes of tapes of your pal's brother's cousin's record and the like that I grew up on!
It's nice to learn about the workings of these things so thanks for sharing your knowledge, Mark.
Cheers
- Joe
