Vinyl is often sonically better with a well set up tt a good recording and mastered and pressed properly simply because there is less being done to the sound tinned fruit vs fresh fruit.
Vinyl vs dac.
Currently i use digital system and analog vinyl.
Technically cd deliver good bass midrange treble but the vinyl deliver sound more live.
Project debut carbon schiit mani phono stage set 300b tube amp spendor 3 5 i listened eva cassidy album songbird cd and vinyl.
3 maybe the problem is my dac.
The analog format stokes the passions of many music lovers and it s an enjoyable experience.
After fifty hours of run in the stage was set for a showdown.
We love phono and relished in pure joy of designing a product of our dreams.
The same track on vinyl.
The results may surprise you as they did us.
I could simply tell you how the turntable s output shot through the vinnie rossi lio s phono stage came up short on dynamics and clarity compared to digital files fired through its dac.
The answer lies in the difference between analog and digital recordings.
A vinyl record is an analog recording and cds and dvds are digital recordings.
Check out our listening results.
Squeezebox touch audiolab m dac set 300b tube amp spendor 3 5 analog.
As long as you re using quality ingredients you re not going to be disappointed with your meal.
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If you ask me it s just like trying to figure out how you want your pizza.
Maybe with the best dac in the world digital would sound better again.
Take a look at the graph below.
Original sound is analog by definition.
That question depends entirely who you ask.
See our youtube debate.
I ve got a violectric v800 dac yup i m a violectric fanboy.
We compare the sound quality of analog vinyl vs digital audio cd flac on a 100k stereo setup.
But is it better than digital music.
We set out to make a phono stage without any practical limits.