Loudness War Vs Vinyl

The following video is a great demonstration of the loudness war.

Loudness war vs vinyl.

Digital vs analogue audio. In the context of the loudness war there is one question that comes to mind. I ve seen this myth used on this forum as a justification for buying vinyl releases instead of digital. The loudness war or loudness race refers to the trend of increasing audio levels in recorded music which reduces audio fidelity and according to many critics listener enjoyment increasing loudness was first reported as early as the 1940s with respect to mastering practices for 7 singles.

Blog gecko general home cinema news june 27 2016. The best way to really understand what is happening to our music is to see if for yourself. Heres a snippet of what is probably the biggest difference between cd and vinyl i ve heard so far to the point where i wanted to post it here. The loudness war digital vs analogue and why in the majority of instances analogue vinyl beats digital most unfortunately.

The idea is to promote the importance of dynamics and expose the loudness war. My main point is there is no physical limitation to vinyl which makes it immune to loudness war treatment. Diagram 3 from the image below gives some answers. Do those remasters respect the original 1973 edition.

Real engineering 2 571 031. The maximum peak level of analog recordings such as these is limited by varying specifications of. A follow up to the previous loudness war video why i don t buy remastered cds. There have been other deletions in the past mostly by people who think that vinyl mp3 or self improved versions of albums should not be there.

There is a really great dynamic range database at dr loudness war info that covers everything from modern cd s remastered back catalogues and vinyl. Even the two editions labelled original master recording are not the same probably because one is a vinyl record and the other a cd. Damn audio loudness these days ruining music. Among the results of course are plenty of vinyl rips both modern and old where users have used the dynamic range metering software to measure and compare vinyl and digital releases of the same record.

Vinyl won t show flat topped waveforms ever because it s not possible to create square waves with vinyl. The truth about vinyl vinyl vs. Examples of the loudness war in action.