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In Reply to: RE: I seem to recall my Revox B77 had about 70 dB. posted by StephenJK on April 10, 2014 at 06:30:44
And if the sound fails to convince is not for a limited dynamic range
It must be something else.
By the way i would like to have at least the 48k sampling rate
It is just a better feeling
Thanks a lot.
Kind regards,
bg
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While the specified dynamic range for CD is way higher than cassette or LP, who would doubt that! - by around 20 dB or so - the *perceived* dynamic range is frequently actually a lot less!! 3 dB is double so 20 dB represents what? One hundred times more?!! Two orders of magnitude! Can my math really be right? LOL Am I the only one who finds off the shelf CDs thin-sounding, like papier mâché, lifeless and blah, like a cheap radio?
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Too many pebbles and clocks in the room can make CDs sound that way. Remove them all, listen for yourself...
If you take "purist" recordings made with minimal manipulation the quality is very good indeed. It depends on the shelf you buy your CDs from.
I heard spectacular recordings from Labels dedicated to achieve the best quality. Very good indeed.
Still i notice that pros for DAT preferred a higher sampling rate.
I am sure they did some kind of test and found the cd format 44.1k sampling rate not enough.
But 16/48 is a very good combination, on the basis of some DAT listening i did.
I do not like tape in general. They are a pain to use.
Kind regards,
bg
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Once we get by the manufacturing and playback system issues I think it's clear CDs are capable of far better performance than LPs.And I don't believe any technical discussion is required to hear the obvious. People seem to expect and like the colorations/distortions of vinyl.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
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You've hit the nail square on the head.
Ever since digital recording came about engineers seem to be desperate to get the general analog 'filth' back by means of adding distortion, using valve mic pre's, tape emulation plug ins etc.
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