8 Feb
2007
8 Feb
'07
1:04 a.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
it makes no real sense to digitize 33's or
45's at this point as the vinyl
will outlast the CD-R's I'd put them on, and the CD-R's would be much lower
quality. Last I looked it's impossible to make your own SA-CD or DVD-A
disks (though I'm now seeing some stuff on DVD-A).
You are misinformed on both counts :-) A run-of-the-mill CD can equal
what's on the LP as long as there aren't complex soft dynamics (ie.
stuff that falls under -96dB, the limit of 16-bit data on CDs. If you
have lots of quiet classical music, I would agree with you that there
would be loss... but if your LPs are mostly rock'n'roll or similar
dynamics, nothing would be lost at all.
Secondly, it is most definitely possible to create your own SACD and
DVD-Audio discs, although the software is expensive. A much cheaper
alternative, and practically free, is to create a DVD *Video* with just
audio playing. The content is still 48/24 or 96/24, just like
DVD-Audio, and with a 24-bit soundcard (under $100 these days) you can
truly make archival dumps of your LPs to a digital format (48KHz 24-bit
exceeds what LPs are capable of reproducing).
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