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can i recreate the sound of vinyl by encoding the vinyl frequencies onto digital audio?

Sam here and if all audio is made up of frequencies and i extract the frequencies from a 1st press vinyl album known for it's audiophile sound quality like pink floyd dark side of the moon or miles davis kind of blue and encode those frequencies onto digital audio will the digital audio now take on all the sound charactoristics of the 1st press vinyl including not sounding like digital audio anymore? of course it's not going to be indentical in sound however the overall sound texture that made  the vinyl stand out will now be present and noticable on the digital version. here are the audio samples from my experiment you can decide which sample had the vinyl frequencies applied.

pink floyd - meddle album - st.tropez - u.k harvest 1st press vinyl 24/96 (1971) http://u.pc.cd/HeKitalK

nick leng - lemons 2020: http://u.pc.cd/yoK

nick leng - lemons 2020: http://u.pc.cd/hzactalK

click here for the answer https://i.postimg.cc/fWHXQfLd/qwerty.png
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luisma31
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@clearthinker
Digital lovers don't believe this. They believe that at high enough sampling and bit rates the digital sound will approximate extremely closely to the analogue curve beyond the ability of the ear to distinguish and that it's possible to design perfect clocks and DA converters
You are correct, for the record if you dig enough into digital you will find that the more you know the more you realize all the variables involved will provide "something" and that's your virus 😉
I like and play both digital and analog and have admiration for good implemented either methods, even with the virus.



luisma31
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Even if you add the frequencies just the initial conversion filters IIR or FIR (simplifying), format, bits, final analog stage, Fpga or off shelf chip or ladder involved will provide its own signature.
Then when playing back the digital content you have all those variables again on a different set of hardware software. Good luck getting the same result, I went over this scenario in my head 6 months ago and decided to spend the money directly on analog and vinyl
luisma31
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It remains a pity that almost nothing new is now recorded AAA, even by believers. Given the resurgence of vinyl, this is perhaps a seam that can profitably be mined.
Sad but true, although I am seeing a "market" for D2D but it is insignificant and just pursue by some people so this market is a boutique business which could be lucrative but not worth pursuing (from the money perspective)



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