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So you can hear the difference between different masters and not necessarily the difference between different levels of uncompressed bitrate.


This is exactly why vinyl actually does sound better sometimes. Because of the physical limitations of viny, vinyl masters were less affected by the "loudness wars" and they have greater dynamic range.


> and they have greater dynamic range

If you mean 'better used' then yes, if you mean 'vinyl has a greater dynamic range' then...


I mean the vinyl masters have greater dynamic range the the digital / cd masters. Because of the loudness wars.

I do not mean that vinyl is capable of greater dynamic range then digital. Of course not.


Exactly what I said.




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