Hulle Sack
Senior Member
Two years ago I gave my neighbor the Kenwood KX-5030... He is happy that he can listen to his thousands of cassettes and I have a bit more space in the attic again
But I already regret it...
Snake oil update! š
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But I already regret it...You should try Vinyl Studio on some of your digitized files. The results are not sterile etc. as you describe - at least not to me and others who listen to my rips. But, to each his own.It's nice when you achieve acceptable results. For my part, I just have different experiences. In this respect, my digitization is unaffected and corresponds exactly to the situation as if I had just put the LP on the turntable. With all its disadvantages due to the mechanics/technology etc. The only advantage now is that I have this data on the NAS and can access it quickly from anywhere without having to do the usual preparatory work for playing an LP.
I also dived into the wave back then and even removed some clicks manually. It was all very time-consuming, which is why the automatic filrers were used. From today's perspective, I don't like the result (sterile, high frequencies cut off, live recordings sound clipped, muffled, etc.). The ratio of time spent to result makes me want to simply use the original today. Back then with cassette, I was already of the opinion that I could achieve the best results without Dolby B or C
Haha
BowsAndArrows
Senior Member
Lads, I may have descended into actual madness - contemplating if I should treat every electrical contact in the house with this stuff...
Somebody stop me before I end up just a mere statistic - death by actual snake oil!
One of the most interesting remastered re-issues of the last 10 years are the analog remasters of My Bloody Valentineās āIsnāt Anything,ā āLoveless,ā and āmbv.ā The originals were recorded āADDā: analog studio sessions, digital mixing / edit, digital mastering. This was the source of all releases (CD, tape, and vinyl).
In order to do a true analog master, they went back to the analog tapes and did an entirely new analog mix / edit and master to analog tape. This was the source of the new vinyl pressing.
Of course, thereās a lossless digital version available.
BowsAndArrows
Senior Member
never been a fan of the band tbh. but that would be a nice test to check out. i would like to compare the sound of the new analog remastered vinyl to the old version, and both of those to the digital versions. i would suspect that to my ears the lossless digital version of the new analog remaster would sound the best! probably the highest dynamic range etc.
wish i had a turntable to give it a go! but even just comparing the old digital version to the new one would be fun...
BowsAndArrows
Senior Member
oops! already wasted my money on it.
but the pack has been sitting there, unopened, as if it's mocking me for being a gullible snake oil buyer! 
oh well, maybe once i feel the need for "improving electrosmog" in my environment - then i'll crack it open!
The issue I have with all versions of āLovelessā is how loud you have to turn it up before you can really start hearing everything. But thatās kind of the point, considering how loud My Bloody Valentineās live shows are (theyāre known to give out earplugs). Walls of feedback and intentional distortion masking the melodies and vocals.
Itās kind of ironic, considering that the original version of Loveless was digitally mixed and mastered, that my friend and I preferred the vinyl version and made CD rips of that to listen to. I think it had to do with how vinyl only supports so much dynamic range (70 some dB? I canāt remember), so compared to the CD it may have had more prominent bass and quieter passages wouldnāt have been as quiet as on CD. But it was an early 90s pressing, so suffered from being on inferior vinyl compared to what we get now.
