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In Reply to: RE: About digital recording of analogue sources posted by Picklesnapper on December 18, 2014 at 05:34:23
Hi i cannot say exactly
But when i listen to analog the sound is more dense and choesive
The digital is not or better sometimes is more similar to analog than other times
I do not think it is an issue of output stages or resolution
I heard a good sound from very old cd players like Grundig and Philips to realize after that their resolution was lower than 16 bit
But i still remember the piano from a cd played by the vintage Grundig CD 7500 but also from a Rotel 965BX
Maybe they were not the last word in definition but the sound was very cohesive like when listening to analog
I have seen someone calling this kind of sound "meaty" and also more palpable.
with some music the effect is more evident than with other music
For instance dance music of orchestra ... or great piano recordings
I have a cd of Burt Bacharach
The same music from an LP played on a decent turntable is usually so much more musical that the average digital.
I have to say that lately i am more interested in using pc as audio source and maybe this makes things more complicated.
It is a very evident effect ... the LP invites to dance much more.
Thanks again.
Kind regards,
bg
Edits: 12/18/14 12/18/14Follow Ups:
You can get the type of sound you are describing with a NOS dac.
Two I would recommend at opposite price points are
Teredak Chamelion $500
Metrum Hex $3295
These are both non oversampling dacs with no digital filtering and no separate analog stage. Out is taken directly off the 16 parallel chips.
The sound of these dacs is what I call organic
Alan
Hi and thanks for the valuable advice
I will look for the cheaper dac you mention (price is an object here unfortunately)
Thanks a lot
Kind regards,
bg
Edits: 12/20/14
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