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| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Kijanki, sorry, I did misunderstand what you were saying ...Frank | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Kijanki, when I said house I did not mean just the listening room, that's why I specifically said "every part of its environment" -- gee, I think the factory down the road just finished for the day; hmmm, I wonder if Cathy has her computer on in h... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Tvad, actually the answer IS all 3. What makes it even more bizarre is that you can pick up the total system of someone who says answer 1, plunk it down, absolutely perfectly transported and setup identically in every way, matching room treatments... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Aplhifi and Nilthepill,For me *System Synergy* = Combination of components, and accessories, and tweaking, that intentionally or by lucky coincidence minimises the level of "nasty", "micro" distortion, the bane of virtually all hifi gear.If record... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Alex, thanks for that set of thoughts! I agree with you, minimising phase noise is everything, but I would say the only place where it is critical is right next to the DAC chip (or discrete circuitry, Accuphase, say). The big trouble with separate... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Albertporter, when I read your response to my earlier posting I was somewhat taken aback, and hence responded a little brusquely, I apologise for that.Following that posting by myself, I went "Back to the Future" and looked at the thread material ... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? I am pleased to see that at least a couple of people are sticking up for digital, even if it is done, perhaps, with tongue in cheek ... :-)Frank | |
| How close to the real thing? Irvrobinson,how does that 4ohm+ output impedance affect interaction with the loudspeakersAs Atmasphere states, provided that the output impedance is purely resistive in nature, that is, it does not behave like a capacitor or coil to any degree ove... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Albertporter, I'm sorry, it appears at the moment that you're starting to come from the direction of "conspiracy" theories, and definitely we are too far apart in our thinking. Thanks for the input anyway and cheers ...Frank | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Alex, -- "takes a great deal of effort to approach analog quality with digital" -- yes, I agree, it is simply easier to get pleasant sound from a TT than frequently the typical at home CD setup. But that is not the fault of the CD medium itself, b... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Learsfool, I'm pleased I did get the first bit right, that is, I was correct in understanding what you were saying.But, as to "how you can conclude that a recording must have worked right without playing it back", I'm very sorry, another "thought"... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Albertporter, -- "analog is still the best available to us as consumers, even if the master was digital" -- I obviously wasn't in the groove (no pun intended!) when I read that, your statement does not make sense!Each process in transferring sound... | |
| Words From the Wise Would I would say is markedly different from what most here have said ...* Your system with its current set of components can be made absolutely magical or "real" if you eliminate all the weaknesses in it: that is, it has minimal unpleasant distor... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? I'm sorry, Learsfool, like Kijanki, I'm going to have to do another round ...A "thought" experiment: a classic Mercury recording session happening in the 50's, with that very straightforward microphone setup, feed the signals to both a modern, hig... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Sorry, silly typo's earlier ... obviously I meant " ... how can you can know when the sound has gone "astray"? How do you know ..."Frank |