Digitally remastered vinyls?

I read that Pink Floyd is releasing some new vinyl editions of Dark Side, Wish you were Here, and The Wall, along with their campaign of "Wy Pink Floyd?". However, they said they would be digital remasters... now, I don't know so much about this technical things, but doesn't a digital remaster kill the point of relesing the albums on vinyl? I thought the advantage of vinyl is that it records the whole spectrum of sound, instead of choosing how many bits you want to use to represent that sound.

You also may not have a choice if vinyl is your preferred method of listening (as mine is). Unless your first issue of DSOtM has been played sparingly (which I doubt) it probably is worn out after 40yrs. So most of what is available is the newer remastered pressings.....I have not played my first issue of DSOtM in 15yrs. Only play CD or digital versions, although I did buy the 35th anniversary edition and am beyond pleased with its sound and performance......it pretty much rivals any CD version I have.

Edited by Catcher10 - August 19 2011 at 10:37

Andyman1125 wrote: Digital vinyl is an oxymoron

Slartibartfast wrote: Theoretically something could be remastered digitally to make the vinyl product a better listening experience than the original but why bother?

stonebeard wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: Theoretically something could can be remastered digitally to make the vinyl product a better listening experience than the original but why bother with vinyl as CDs don't suffer from the flaws that vinyl media does? Theoretically?

Better?



Edited by Slartibartfast - August 20 2011 at 13:47

A different mastering process is used when pressing vinyl so even if both the CD and vinyl sources are from the same digital workflow the master for the vinyl may be preferable as it will typically have less compression and retain more of the dynamic range. Vinyls can't physically handle the levels of compression that can be squeezed into a digital file.
I listen to all my music as lossless digital files taken from my cd collection but Ive taken to getting vinyl rips taken from high quality gear and 9/10 times I prefer them over the digital masters. This is especially the case for Radiohead and Crowded House albums which sound amazing on vinyl (especially In Rainbows). The MFSL vinyl pressing of DSoTM from the 80s is the best i have ever heard that album.

And remember, even though this is a digital remaster they will be working at high sampling rates to retain dynamic range and still use nice analog hardware to master with. Digital just gives you alot more power and flexibility for cleaning up the mixes

Edited by paamlogs - August 21 2011 at 15:42

I buy vinyls partly for the enjoyment of collecting them and additionally to hear the albums in an un-remastered form.