Do I understand “Dynamics”?


You can enter the name of an album and check its dynamic range for the various cd and vinyl releases. The dynamic range for most popular albums will be available on this site.

For example Adele 21, the cd has an average dynamic range of 6 whereas its vinyl release has an average of 11. So in this case the vinyl will definitely sound better.

Basically you’ll know which press to buy and whether to get the vinyl or the cd.

Normally jazz and classical music will not suffer from dynamic compression.
This is really nice !
 
as per this the Dark Side of the Moon 2023 vinyl has the best DR across. while the 1973 release has lower dr as have most of the others.
Having heard both, which gives a picture of the DR but not necessarily of the sound quality like organic presentation etc I guess.
 
I keep hearing/ reading about “Transient response and sound decay” in reference to speakers.
Wondering if this is related to the dynamic range and if so, how?
Thoughts?


If you check this Daft Punk album, you’ll see how much more dynamic the vinyl is as compared to the cd.

Basically what this means is they have not used any compression when mastering the vinyl but have used compression when mastering the cd.
Just as it’s the law to put a label on every packaged food indicating ingredients and nutritional values, or on medications specifying components used in the manufacture it should be made mandatory to label CDs and Vinyl sold commercially specifying the source of master recordings used and details of compression and remastering changes made.
 
I keep hearing/ reading about “Transient response and sound decay” in reference to speakers.
Wondering if this is related to the dynamic range and if so, how?
Thoughts?
No particular relation as one is about how long the transients stay and can be heard the other is about the peaks and troughs
 
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