I recently ordered ABKO's 180 gram reissue of the Stones' BIG HITS LP. I was surprised to see DSD markings on the cover. Am I to assume the LP was cut from a DSD master rather than the original analog master tapes? If so, it seems very odd to me for a producer/publisher to take a DIGITAL master and make it into a VINYL or ANALOG copy for distribution. If they are distributing it on SACD in DSD I can understand this but to produce DSD to VINYL seems a bit odd. I thought the whole reason for vinyl was to preserve the analog signal. Is this the future of analog/vinyl? Storing things in DSD or some other digital format and have it converted to analog on LP? Am I going to have to start verifying the vinyl was cut from an analog master before I purchase?
It is bad enough that SACD and DVD-A recordings are a mess as far as what they were converted from (Upconverted CD, 2 channel downmixes, etc.) but I am not familiar with vinyl cut from DSD masters. Sort of disappointing especially when I pay $40 for 180 gram vinyl when the SACD is only $25.
It is bad enough that SACD and DVD-A recordings are a mess as far as what they were converted from (Upconverted CD, 2 channel downmixes, etc.) but I am not familiar with vinyl cut from DSD masters. Sort of disappointing especially when I pay $40 for 180 gram vinyl when the SACD is only $25.
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