Re: ADI 2 vs Analog
.. OTOH all the modern vinyl pressings are derived from digitally remastered source, so ...
...But there are loads of old vinyl discs out there that origin from before the digital era.
Everything after ca. 1982 is suspect to been run through digital *.
The only mark to securely know vinyls are pure analog.
* Even the preview delay for the Neumann disc cutting lathe could have been a digital unit instead of a tape loop from there on.
https://www.psaudio.com/copper/article/ … art-three/
AAA analog vinyl is the only source for a true analog vs. digital comparison, for an average music listener.
Finally, the special sound of analog vinyl is mainly determined by the multitude of specific properties that origin from being an electro-mechanical system.
Furthermore each disc player and pickup/stylus sounds different too.
The source or signal path, be it digital or analog, largely steps behind these predominant influences.