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One of the reasons Zappa so fondly welcomed and embraced the digital medium was because of its promise of a broad dynamic range, which extended to +96 db. So now his albums, freed from the constrictions of vinyl, no longer needed to have the life squeezed out of them by compression. So CDs gave Zappa the full amount of range that he wanted. But he didn't always use that range to its fullest potential.

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[quote author=LumpyGravy link=board=wishList;num=1065916246;start=15#26 date=11/24/04 at 14:49:17]<br><br><br><br>But, imagine how many CD's he could have fit in the same space.  ;D[/quote]<br><br><br>Some of these lps will NEVER appear on CD. If you have never listened to VINYL on a GOOD system ( not a close "n play ) , you would hear a difference. The word " plastic " comes to mind.<br>That's why I like 'em. ;D ;D

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[quote author=[s]Thing-Fish24[/s] gary horowitz on the freakout remix; vinyl vs. cd link=board=wishList;num=1065916246;start=15#25 date=[s]nov 24[/s] the zappa patio][tt]One of the reasons Zappa so fondly welcomed and embraced the digital medium was because of its promise of a broad dynamic range, which extended to +96 db. So now his albums, freed from the constrictions of vinyl, no longer needed to have the life squeezed out of them by compression.<br><br>Compression was used heavily to squash dynamic range on LPs, especially in 1966. Stereo was relatively new and the mastering engineers simply did know how, or did not want to deal with rock and roll, so they just set the disk cutters on "autopilot" and walk away until the album side was finished. All bass frequencies below 100 Hz were channeled into the center because it would otherwise make the stylus (phonograph needle) jump out of the groove. Ask anyone who has put months of hard work into perfecting the sound of an album, only to be horrified when they hear how the final pressing had butchered and mangled the glorious sounds they had recorded into a thin, lifeless and muddy sounding piece of garbage![/tt]...[/quote]<br><br>ironically, you left out the last line:<br><br>

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ed: ironically, zappa seemed all too fond of compression during the later stages of his reissue programmes...

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<br>slime;<br>if you are to consistantly insist on  hacking in on  the TF24 username ,you would think one would be a little more Discreet <br>you have been Warner'd..k bro?<br>no more reprise<br>hopefully this issue is on the verve of becoming straight<br><br>i know  ..a bizzare relationship<br>

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