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LP made from a digital master recording...

The digital vs. analog thoughts, even debates I can understand...when the analog LP is from analog masters.  When an LP is pressed using a digital master recording as the source, does that LP still have an analog advantage?   
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edgewear218 posts02-19-2020 12:17pm
... with an analog source vinyl will always be preferable. Provided the record manufacturing process doesn't have any intermediairy digital steps, which would throw all the benefits of the infinite analog signal out of the window.
The "analog signal" on an LP is not "infinite." Not even close. It's a bandwidth-limited signal, and so is digital.
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... DACs recreate the analog signal from digital data. If I show you both an analog 100 Hz waveform and one from a DAC they will look exactly the same. There are no on and offs, no steps.
That may be  counterintuitive for some audiophiles, but it's absolutely true.
Monty's demo illustrates this.
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