PRAT is imperative for anything resembling an illusion of being transported to the recording venue....Venue information seems to come primarily from below 100hz and if you ain't got no bass, you ain't got no space seems to apply to PRAT......Most systems don't image below 100hz, but those that do have PRAT sure do.....As far as PRAT is concerned as respects analog versus digital the digital has better focus in the bass I imagine due to better separation than any phono cartridge.....The analog and digital sound very similar here, but both are hot rodded about as far as anyone could imagine over the past six years or so....
"Pace", it's importance for enjoyment?
The English press have used the term of "pace" to identify
what, I think, is a very important quality in the enjoyment
of an audio device. I have never had speakers, wires or
amplification have as much impact on this feeling of "pace"
(or I should say, lack of it)
as digital source components seem to have. Is this part
of where high-rez..SACD and DVD-A..provide an imporvement
over redbook? Too often I have had high-end cd players and
DACs provide detail..but lack the ability to let me enjoy
the listening. If there is any one thing I can point to
in vinyl vs. redbook, it is that quality of "pace". What
are your thoughts?
what, I think, is a very important quality in the enjoyment
of an audio device. I have never had speakers, wires or
amplification have as much impact on this feeling of "pace"
(or I should say, lack of it)
as digital source components seem to have. Is this part
of where high-rez..SACD and DVD-A..provide an imporvement
over redbook? Too often I have had high-end cd players and
DACs provide detail..but lack the ability to let me enjoy
the listening. If there is any one thing I can point to
in vinyl vs. redbook, it is that quality of "pace". What
are your thoughts?