Ed3 : Vinyl Pure Pleasure Analogue ref PPAN BST90264 (1991) Remastered 2012
Presentation
| Label | Pure Pleasure Analogue |
| Reference | PPAN BST90264 |
| Format (speed) | Vinyl 12” (33.33 rpm) |
| Type | Album |
| Master | Mastered By – Robert Vosgien |
| Mastering/Pressing | Mastered At – Capitol Mastering ,Pressing Remastered for Pure pleasure Analogue (2012) Pressed at Pallas in Germany |
| Original recording | Digital |
| State | US |
| Year original | 1991 |
| Year production | 2012 |
Waveform
The waveform represents the Tracks equivalent of the vinyl’s side B.
Like the Vinyls 1991 and 2014, the curve clearly shows no compression of the dynamics, with a DR13.
Spectrum
The Spectrum allows to check the tonal balance of the music (balance between treble, medium and bass sounds) and to detect process that may have been carried out during the recording, the mixing, mastering or manufacturing phases. It is also possible to detect frequency interference issues.
The curve represents the average frequency distribution over the Side A of the album. Interesting characteristics on this curve are:
1. The spectrum between the two versions is similar, except above 3 kHz, where the vinyl remastered in 2012 has much less treble than the vinyl of 1991 (in the green zone).
2. It is a collapse in the signal level after 22 kHz (Yellow), normal for a master in 44.1 kHz.
Spectrogram
Spectrogram is another representation of frequency versus time of a track. For each channel (right and left), horizontal axis represents time, and the vertical axis represents frequency. The amplitude is represented by the intensity (brightness) of the color of each point in the image.
Like the two other vinyls, the curve represents the average frequency distribution over the vinyl’s side A.
The yellow zones represent the collapse at 22 kHz (in Yellow in the previous graph).The whites zones focus on an horizontal line which is a peak in frequency, see the zoom of the spectrum in the white circle.
Surface Noise
This new curve that represents the surface noise of vinyl.
In white the Ed2 Vinyl 2012, in blue the Ed1 Vinyl.
The noise of the two vinyls are very similar with a low level of surface noise. A good pressing.
Ed4 : CD Blue Note ref CDP 7 90264 2 0777 7902642 5 (1991)
Presentation
| Label | Blue Note |
| Reference | CDP 7 90264 2 – 0777 7902642 5 |
| Format (speed) | CD |
| Type | Album |
| Master | Mastered By – Robert Vosgien |
| Mastering/Pressing | Pressing Holland |
| Original recording | Digital |
| State | US |
| Year original | 1991 |
| Year production | 1991 |
Waveform
The waveform represents the Tracks equivalent of the vinyl’s side B.
Like the CD, the curve shows a little compression of the dynamics compared to vinyl. With a DR2, you can see the areas (yellow) where the signal is compressed.
Spectrum
The Spectrum allows to check the tonal balance of the music (balance between treble, medium and bass sounds) and to detect process that may have been carried out during the recording, the mixing, mastering or manufacturing phases. It is also possible to detect frequency interference issues.
The curve represents the average frequency distribution over the Side A of the album. Interesting characteristics on this curve are:
- It is a collapse in the signal level after 22 kHz (Yellow), normal for a CD mastered in 44.1 kHz.
- Between 6 to 20 kHz (green), the Ed1 Vinyl level is lower Ed4 CD. The two release use different master to engrave the Vinyl. The Ed4 CD and the Ed2 vinyl 2014 have the same spectrum.
Spectrogram
Spectrogram is another representation of frequency versus time of a track. For each channel (right and left), horizontal axis represents time, and the vertical axis represents frequency. The amplitude is represented by the intensity (brightness) of the color of each point in the image.
The curve represents the average frequency distribution over the Tracks equivalent of the vinyl’s side B.
The yellow arrows represent the collapse at 22 kHz (in Yellow in the previous graph).
The black band indicates that there is no signal above 22kHz.
The links are at the bottom of the page :
Test Cassette : https://magicvinyldigital.net/2021/02/09/dianne-reeves-i-remember-review-vinyl-1991-vinyl-ppa-2012-vinyl-2014-cd/4/
Samples : https://magicvinyldigital.net/2021/02/09/dianne-reeves-i-remember-review-vinyl-1991-vinyl-ppa-2012-vinyl-2014-cd/6/