Vinyl Remastered to CD. Sound like Bullshit?

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All Forums > Tech Talk > Tech Talk Forum Page 42 > Vinyl Remastered to CD. Sound like Bullshit?

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Harry Joystick Member 740 Posts 8/02	Posted - May 8 2006 : 6:48PM I came across a service called Vinyl Revolution, where they take albums that were never released on CD and remaster them to CD. This sounds like a great idea but it's very expensive -about $65 just for one CD. They claim they "do not use a computer to extract audio from the vinyl record". Anyone ever heard of this process? [Link]
Bornyo Deactivated Member 803 Posts 12/04	Posted - May 8 2006 : 7:01PM As far as I know, the only way to extract audio from a vinyl record is still with a stylus. That quirk of science would cover that statement. [Link]
picman Senior Member Nothing says I love you so much as a tongue in the ass. 2884 Posts 1/03	Posted - May 8 2006 : 9:50PM I've done it and made some very decent recordings. A good turntable and a clean record are pretty much a necessity. Of course the recording is in real time. Then you have to break up the tracks. I used a Mac with Griffin's iMic to connect to my stereo. Roxio's Spin Doctor for capture and breaking into individual tracks. Considering the time involved, it's better to buy the CD if it's available, but good if there's no other option. [Link]
Leyden Senior Member The people have spoken. I'm a nitpicking dick. Woo! 8757 Posts 1/04	Posted - May 9 2006 : 1:44AM Bornyo wrote: As far as I know, the only way to extract audio from a vinyl record is still with a stylus. Click to expand Not true. Laser turntable plays without a needle. [Link]
croy Platinum Member Discovry 4574 Posts 3/04	Posted - May 9 2006 : 5:05AM Starting at $15K? Get me two! [Link]

Harry Joystick Member 740 Posts 8/02	Posted - May 9 2006 : 5:43AM picman wrote: I've done it and made some very decent recordings. A good turntable and a clean record are pretty much a necessity. Of course the recording is in real time. Then you have to break up the tracks. I used a Mac with Griffin's iMic to connect to my stereo. Click to expand They don't use a pc for their remastering process [Link]
Gentleman Jon All-Star Member 1881 Posts 6/05	Posted - May 9 2006 : 10:37AM The point is, if you already have a computer with a CD burner, and a turntable, you can make pretty decent CDs of your LPs yourself. It will only cost you the expense of possibly some Best Buy quality software, and your time. I guess a lot of those old turntables had a very large jack that hooked into the stereo, but I'm sure there is some kind of adapter somewhere so that you can still run audio into your computer from the turntable. But you'll be able to convert your entire vinyl collection with the one-time cost of that hardware and software setup, and the only additional cost per record is the time it takes to play it. Remastered for CD? How much do they think they can improve the sound when the source material they're using is a used consumer record? There is a reason why when record companies do release old albums onto CD, they go to their tape vaults. Somehow, I'm reminded of this thread a little bit. [Link]
juha Senior Member 2752 Posts 3/05	Posted - May 10 2006 : 12:46PM Its even easier if you buy an USB turntable. No further engineering skills required. [Link]
pinc_noiz Deactivated User 758 Posts 6/05	Posted - May 11 2006 : 5:50AM To me there is a difference between recording (even re-recording) and remastering. A remaster renews the master of that recording, often trying to better (lower noise, making better use of original data while making use of newer media, ...) it along the way. You have to have a master to do so, probably a first generation tape. Labels like 'Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL)' and 'DCC' are doing this. With sometimes very good results. p_n [Link]
Harry Joystick Member 740 Posts 8/02	Posted - May 11 2006 : 9:19AM I'm only interested in one album right now so the cost of buying the equipment to record to CD myself would be more than what Vinyl Revolution would charge. And if the sound quality is better than what could be reproduced via PC, as they claim, then it's just a question of whether I want to pay $65 for a single disc. I was just wondering if anyone was familiar with this service. [Link]
NoVaSpY Member London Ontario 8 Posts 5/06	Posted - May 11 2006 : 11:29AM Leyden wrote: Bornyo wrote: As far as I know, the only way to extract audio from a vinyl record is still with a stylus. Click to expand Not true. Laser turntable plays without a needle. Click to expand You need the needle if you want the purest form of analog since in itself, a record player is a musical instrument of it's own since you can hear the music playing without an amplifier. That site says there is no digital conversion but that laser is connected to a processor of some kind and that isn't true pure analog as they state. [Link]

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