So I have a nice 5k € digital hi-fi system and I thought i'd try adding vinyl so that I can see what all the fuss is all about.
I bought a new Rega RP-3 with Elys2, nice cables and Rega Phono MkII to go along.
Also bought about 10 NEW LPs....your usual hit albums: Lana Del Rey, Daft Punk, remastered Eagles and so on.
1st impressions: yes I love the sound...and the Rega package (turntable, cartridge and phono) is a great piece of gear!
Quiet, warm but detailed sound, drums and guitars sound like drums and guitars, no edgy voices whatsoever, everything you'd expect from analog.
In fact I haven't touched my Oppo 103 ever since...just goin through LPs everyday like crazy!!
But after a few days I had a gut feeling that something was missing...like the gear was hold back or something.
I connected my MacBook Pro and Audacity software to the Rega Phono exit and recorded at 24bit/96khz some tracks from Lana del Rey "Born to Die" Paradise edition LP
To my amazement the Audacity Spectogram showed all the high-freq coming from the vinyl were cut off BRUTALLY (chopped off actually) at...yes you guessed, just under 22 kHz which is exactly the upper limit of CDs. what does that mean? the LP is just printed from the cd version :-(
Also the WAVEFORM is quiet compressed because the audio level is pushed all the way to touching red...also just like you'd expect from cds.
This LP is ORIGINAL from Amazon Prime so it's not a knock off.
Same thing happened with other new LPs of very popular releases.
Doest it sound better than cd version then? YES...but only because on vinyl the voices and instruments are more natural.
But I just started boilling inside because I realized we're just paying dearly for glorified cd copies on vinyl !!
I analyzed some old LPs also, and most of them have plenty of information UP TO 40khz and the Waveform is a lot less compressed so it's not a format issue here.
It's just record companies back to their old tricks and cutting corners.
At this point I'm not sure if I should just digitize the Lps and then sell all the analog part or keep it and just buy older LPs or new "audiophile" ones because the pop albums are all recorded from cds as far as I can tell.
Wish there'd be a way to upload screenshots here.
So I have a nice 5k € digital hi-fi system and I thought i'd try adding vinyl so that I can see what all the fuss is all about.
I bought a new Rega RP-3 with Elys2, nice cables and Rega Phono MkII to go along.
Also bought about 10 NEW LPs....your usual hit albums: Lana Del Rey, Daft Punk, remastered Eagles and so on.
1st impressions: yes I love the sound...and the Rega package (turntable, cartridge and phono) is a great piece of gear!
Quiet, warm but detailed sound, drums and guitars sound like drums and guitars, no edgy voices whatsoever, everything you'd expect from analog.
In fact I haven't touched my Oppo 103 ever since...just goin through LPs everyday like crazy!!
But after a few days I had a gut feeling that something was missing...like the gear was hold back or something.
I connected my MacBook Pro and Audacity software to the Rega Phono exit and recorded at 24bit/96khz some tracks from Lana del Rey "Born to Die" Paradise edition LP
To my amazement the Audacity Spectogram showed all the high-freq coming from the vinyl were cut off BRUTALLY (chopped off actually) at...yes you guessed, just under 22 kHz which is exactly the upper limit of CDs. what does that mean? the LP is just printed from the cd version :-(
Also the WAVEFORM is quiet compressed because the audio level is pushed all the way to touching red...also just like you'd expect from cds.
This LP is ORIGINAL from Amazon Prime so it's not a knock off.
Same thing happened with other new LPs of very popular releases.
Doest it sound better than cd version then? YES...but only because on vinyl the voices and instruments are more natural.
But I just started boilling inside because I realized we're just paying dearly for glorified cd copies on vinyl !!
I analyzed some old LPs also, and most of them have plenty of information UP TO 40khz and the Waveform is a lot less compressed so it's not a format issue here.
It's just record companies back to their old tricks and cutting corners.
At this point I'm not sure if I should just digitize the Lps and then sell all the analog part or keep it and just buy older LPs or new "audiophile" ones because the pop albums are all recorded from cds as far as I can tell.
Wish there'd be a way to upload screenshots here.