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Originally Posted by Whoopysnorp
I think with LPs everybody was limited to a specific dynamic range, and I doubt vinyl would be able to handle today's super-compressed mixes. I doubt the needle would be able to track it. Ironically, though the CD has more dynamic range than the LP ever did, people don't use it.
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"Vinyl is an unforgiving medium, and mastering for it is extremely difficult. Its dynamic range is a puny 50dB or so, even with decent vinyl, compared to the 80dB or more we enjoy with even the most basic digital media"
-Craig Anderton, Sound on Sound.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug0...rmastering.htm
Slick little article. For vynil in general, other things I can't cite right now recommend keeping all freq below 500Hz dead center. And also reccomend keeping things under 16 minutes a side and not loud at the end of a side. I've also read that there is a high-end roll-off at about 10khz.[citation needed] which is typically compensated for in mastering.
Totally sucks that I can't pay mastering engineers, but I can't.