24 bit vinyl clips, Examples of 24 bit vinyl and bit-reduced versions Options

[Gretschguy]

Attached are several clips for vinyl rips, each in (24/48) and (16/44.1) -- I have many more but 7 I filled up my attachment space.

I used Izotope's SRC and MBit+ algorithms to do the conversion, I converted sample rate first and then bit rate.

The rips were done using Thorens Turntable, Lyra Delos cartride, Parasound phono pre, Burl B2 ADC, Lynx AES16 card, Pure Vinyl software.

If anyone has better conversion technology than Izotope I would be interested to hear those samples for my own comparison, as a practical matter I would like to have the best possible bit reduced versions in my library in addition to my 24 bit versions.

If anyone is interested in specific notes on what I'm hearing as the differences in my playback system then let me know.

The sources are:

Dire Straits "Romeo And Juliet"
Prefab Sprout "Faron Young"
Yes "Roundabout"
The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
Cat Stevens "Father And Son"
Roxy Music "Running Wild"
John Lennon "Mind Games"

Thanks for checking these out.

Attached File(s)

 Faron_Young__30s___24_48_.wav ( 7.9MB ) Number of downloads: 138
 Father_And_Son__30s___16_44_.wav ( 5.17MB ) Number of downloads: 78
 Running_Wild__30s___24_48_.wav ( 8.27MB ) Number of downloads: 59
 Romeo_And_Juliet__30s___24_48_.wav ( 6.98MB ) Number of downloads: 138
 Father_And_Son__30s___24_48_.wav ( 8.37MB ) Number of downloads: 76
 Roundabout__30s___24_48_.wav ( 8.53MB ) Number of downloads: 65
 Roundabout__30s___16_44_.wav ( 5.27MB ) Number of downloads: 52
 Bloodbuzz_Ohio__30s___24_48_.wav ( 8.37MB ) Number of downloads: 60
 Bloodbuzz_Ohio__30s___16_44_.wav ( 5.16MB ) Number of downloads: 49
 Mind_Games__30s___16_44_.wav ( 5.05MB ) Number of downloads: 49
 Mind_Games__30s___24_48_.wav ( 8.24MB ) Number of downloads: 61
 Faron_Young__30s___16_44_.wav ( 4.88MB ) Number of downloads: 63
 Running_Wild__30s___16_44_.wav ( 5.11MB ) Number of downloads: 62
 Romeo_And_Juliet__30s___16_44_.wav ( 4.31MB ) Number of downloads: 88

 

[Wombat]

I gave this Faron Young sample a try and played it on my main system. So far it didn´t impress me. Sounds like some mediocore recording with not to much detail and even lack of fine highs.
I couldn´t find the 16bit version sounding different by simply switching between the 2 but i didn´t try much there.
Will be interesting what the others have to say.

[Gretschguy]

I gave this Faron Young sample a try and played it on my main system. So far it didn´t impress me. Sounds like some mediocore recording with not to much detail and even lack of fine highs.
I couldn´t find the 16bit version sounding different by simply switching between the 2 but i didn´t try much there.
Will be interesting what the others have to say.

Wombat, thanks for checking it out. I hear plenty of highs on Faron Young, make sure your tone controls are all neutral and no surround processing is set on. You also might want to check out "Romeo and Juliet" if you want to give another one a try.

On Faron Young specifically, take a close listen to the bass line -- do you hear the individual notes of the bass line exactly the same on the two versions. Does one version spell out the bass individual bass notes better? Do you hear all the instruments on the same plane in both versions or does one version have more front to back dimension in which the instruments widen out and take on more definition. Just a couple things to look for on a recording like this one that has a lot of going on at a fast pace. This one measures close to 20dB between LEQ and peak per AudioLeak. You might want to try compressing it down to 12 dB or so if you have compression software and see if that sounds more modern and perhaps to your liking.