Frequency Range Of Vinyl

Analysis of vinyl lp high frequency content.

Frequency range of vinyl.

Yes vinyl was noisier. 2012 12 05 00 12 48 by mzil. This analysis focuses on the bell percussion sounds near the end of the track the left channel was used. But its not a high roll off.

Its a low roll off and high boost during the cut. Riaa equalization wikipedia the free encyclopedia. When i cut a master for vinyl and a cd master from the same digital master tape they sounded pretty much the same except for the noise floor. Vinyl s dynamic range is dependant on frequency because vinyl doesn t have a flat maximum output curve.

The range of audible sound goes from a low frequency of 20hz up to about 20 000hz or 20khz. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1991 vinyl release of frequencies on discogs. This is not the case with vinyl. And that all to have a better dynamic range.

And this is for a mass produced commercial lp purchased second hand from a thrift store for around 1. Vinyl has greater resolution than cd because its dynamic range is higher than for cd at the most audible frequencies. The dynamic range of vinyl when evaluated as the ratio of a peak sinusoidal amplitude to the peak noise density at that sine wave frequency is somewhere around 80 db. Supertramp dreamer from vinyl lp crime of the century mobile fidelity sound lab original master recording half speed mastering by stan ricker japanese pressing mfsl 1 005 remastered re released 1978.

The noise floor is even lower for an audiophile pressing on good quality vinyl. Lp s surface noise which is responsible for the poor dynamic range is mainly concentrated below 500hz where the noise level is around 50db. Since vinyl has a frequency response from 7hz to 50khz and beyond along with more than 75db of dynamic range you can be sure that your music will be accurately reproduced on your lp. The low frequency response of vinyl records is restricted by rumble noise described above as well as the physical and electrical characteristics of the entire pickup arm and transducer assembly.

I stand by this. The dynamic range of a direct cut vinyl record may surpass 70 db. Frequency response of vinyl is supperior to cd digital but the dynamic noise is not. There is no hard limit upper frequency limit like that with vinyl in theory.