i was comparing the qobuz version of Dirt by Alice in Chains with my vinyl pressing (both 2022 remasters) and i noticed that the digital version is a little too bright and it felt more compressed (drums in vinyl are more punchy). I am curious about why, especially about why the qobuz version sounds brighter.thanks
The things you’re saying only work if polyvinyl chloride is assumed to be a theoretically perfect medium, which it obviously isn’t.
The surface noise is the sound of friction. It limits the medium’s ability to reproduce the audio recorded in the waveform.
No, the computer being unable to process the bitstream leads to dropout, not distortion.
Upsampling doesn’t add distortion
doesn’t make sense
that’s what made me err on the side of sarcasm
And white noise is added in on purpose? it’s not just surface noise