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From:
Mark Kolmar
To:
Brian Willoughby
Cc:
, Che
Date:
Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:38:29 -0600 (CST)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Re: CD Vs Vinyl <- yes the taboo topic that won't go away!
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I'm not a DJ, but here's my take on it: Vinyl gives a boost around 100-150Hz a lot of the time. This corresponds to the peak in most smaller speakers, and I think this is the frequency area many people think of as "bass". Frequencies lower than that are more difficult to hear, and more difficult (and/or expensive) to reproduce. Listen to some speakers with deep, even bass response and you will find it is a much different experience to really -hear- a deep tone rather than infering it from information in somewhat higher frequencies.. Plus, you typically lose some high end with vinyl ... more perceived bass boost.
quoted 5 lines I don't want to argue here, because I know the specs. But I have a question> I don't want to argue here, because I know the specs. But I have a question > for all the vinyl DJs out there: why do some people I know claim that vinyl > has a better bass response than CD? Is this due in part to lazy CD mastering? > There must be something going on for certain DJs to prefer vinyl for its > bass response (ignoring the other, more obvious reasons to choose vinyl).