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You should save the exaggerated euphemisms for your audiophile subreddits. "square waves pressed on to vinyl" just proves you have no clue of the physics to an HN audience.
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Yep, never studied physics. Do know the difference between a sine wave and a square wave, though.

We can debate whether people can hear the difference, and mastering has as much (or more) to do with it, but I will take an AAA or AAD over an ADD all day.

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There are some phenomenal sounding DDD masters from the late 80s. I believe it requires all 3 of these, which were present then:

1. Digital recording equipment had significantly improved

2. Audio engineers learned how to use the equipment

3. Heavy digital compressors weren't in use yet.

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Hooboy. Where do I even start with this?
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