All, Just for grins and giggles, I downloaded a 24/192 file of Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus, an album I already have on LP. I digitized the LP, which allowed me to compare, to some extent, the LP to the Hi-Res file of same. Playing at a somewhat realistic volume, and having matched the volume of the digital expressions, it was clear that the 24/192 file had a silent b/g while the digitized LP did not. Perhaps, digitizing at a higher level may have lessoned the b/g noise but there would still be no doubt about the 24/192 file being more silent in low level passages. Now, what was most interesting in my sophomoric experiment was the LP did not give up anything else to the Hi-Res file. Also, the digitized LP also sounded better than the LP listened to directly, since the digitization included application of a pop filter. My thoughts, supported by my little experiment is buying used vinyl and digitizing it is fun, gets me music I like inexpensively, gives me something to do, and sounds great, if not played so loud that noise is heard. I do not think buying new vinyl of new recordings is at all economical, or more enjoyable than just getting it on CD, or downloading it. Oh, the experiment also confirmed my turntable fitted with Shure M97xE cartridge was getting pretty much everything out of the groove, as well as tracking everything too.
