Quote:Just curious, but have you heard any of the new vinyls?  It would be interesting to know what the source of those come from and if they sound as good as the old records.  I'm not even sure how many people even make analog recordings anymore.

 

I've bought a few new ones but they're mostly of older recordings.  In general they seem to be made a little thicker than some of my "classic" vinyl but they sound every bit as good to my ear.  I think the key is how they're recorded.  As you mentioned, I don't think anyone really makes pure analog masters today but they do tend to record them in extremely high bit-rates (192K is common, MP3s are typically 44.1K) on tape. (As opposed to bit-DEPTH incidentally.)  The AAD process of recording -> playback now is more like DDA ironically.  

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