i have a pretty good record collection,some of the pressings from the mid 50's to the late 60's, and from what I understand, different labels had different EQ standards, would this explain one label sounding so much different than another? Case in point, I have a copy of Patsy Cline's greatest hits from Decca Records, and a digital download of the same. The vinyl doesn't sound near as good as the digital version, but I have a couple of vinyl pressings of the same time period different label, that sounds much better than the digital counter-part. Would differing EQ standards be the blame for this? Wouldn't a selective RIAA network solve this problem?
The Linear Audio website has some resources related to this and a fine article by Gary Gallo on doing all the classic equalizations in the analog domain. I hope to do the digital equivalent in the fall issue.
This might not be the right location/forum for your question, but recording pre-comp EQ is by no means the only factor in play.........master tape used, mastering decisions as to EQ and level, perhaps selective compression too play a huge part in outcome of vinyl sound. As indeed in any media. Hence the differences between any two masterings on any media.
I wasn't sure which forum, I suppose the analogue forum, this may need to be moved, I'll leave it for the moderators, appreciate the heads-up though. Ill wait and see before I post any more.
You seem to be using "RIAA" as shorthand for "equalization" but it doesn't mean that. RIAA is one well-defined equalization curve that hasn't changed (as far as cutting LPs is concerned) since its introduction in the mid-1950s. It became accepted as the international standard fairly quickly, so there can be no "selective" RIAA.
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