mapman
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| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? Atmasphere,Are you trying to change the subject?The how we actually hear stuff is fine but I don't see how what you say applies to analog only. Both analog and digital are shooting for similar results as best I can tell and I have heard both do qu... | |
| Former MHDT Havana Lovers: What did you move onto? mhdt SS Constantine is NOS I believe and despite going second hand for under $500 generally and having heard some very expensive and top notch digital in other reference systems, I find it hard to fault whereas teh Paradisea though lovely sounding... | |
| At what volume do you typically listen? I prefer as loud as I can but generally put a limit on it so as to avoid damage to my hearing. I want to be able to still enjoy listening to music when I retire in another 13 years or so. | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "Quantization of a 2 volt full-scale range into 64 bits would mean that the least significant bit corresponds to about 0.0000000000000000001 volts."I wonder what the comparative resolution of vinyl in volts can practically be?How about compared to... | |
| Former MHDT Havana Lovers: What did you move onto? Jult,Good point!Without having much information on specific DAC specs, I would suspect higher output impedance of tubed versus SS DACS in general is a key factor in determining best general application of each similar to output from tube versus SS... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "what do you feel is the more significant limiting factor for redbook, sample rate or bits per sample?"I'm clearly not answering for Ralph, but for me I think it is the sample size that is the performance bottleneck for me, if there is one. I say ... | |
| Former MHDT Havana Lovers: What did you move onto? I hav mhdt COnstantine SS DAC and also Paradisea. Have not heard Havana.I prefer the Paradisea in my second system where its warmer, softer and more tubelike sound plays well (no tubes otherwise).THe Constantine is absolute top notch in my main ri... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "Vinyl is king."Small kingdom? | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "digital will *never* (which is a very long time) be better than analog- to do so would violate the laws of physics"I'm stumped on that one. Why is that?Even if so, I'd have to believe the difference would become somewhere between insignificant an... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "The reason for no new formats is that there has been adverse consumer reaction to updating technology."If CDs were inherently problematic this would probably be less true. The fact is they have held up quite well for 30 years.The market for CDs a... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? Nyquist theory also applies in digital imaging, an area in which I am more technically familiar with from experience than digital audio.What's missing in your digital camera images, or even in you digital HD TV picture?What are your expectations? ... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? Atmasphere,Just wondering how good is your hearing at 19-20Khz?I am 52 years old. I do not hear those frequencies anymore as best I can tell.When I was a young punk 18 year old budding audiophile, I recall getting up there pretty good with test to... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "If I sit and play an instrument for recording purposes onto an analog tape I will record all that I play. Is this also true for digital recording or is the device recording parts of the sound (sampling) I am playing and the computer puts it toget... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "The missing information from the digital samples must be added by the play back component, correct?"This is incorrect, at least in theory. Read up on the Nysquist sampling theorem for more information. Assuming the theory is sound, then the sampl... | |
| Why not horns? I heard these at 2010 Capital Audiofest and the setup with them was one of the better ones there. I lot of people stayed and listened a long time not wanting to leave, including me. Not a bad deal.Cathedral Horns |