In Reply to: RE: The recording & mastering makes the biggest difference of all.... posted by AbeCollins on February 17, 2015 at 17:45:57:
Hi and thanks a lot for the always valuable advice.
If i understand well you get with the use of tubes that sense of "ease" that analog sources provide.
Maybe tubes are doing something to the digital sound. Some kind of filtering effect on some digital artifacts.
If video can be used as a reference, digital artifacts can be extremely shocking (i think to pixelation to name one).
Another story ...
i was fighting to get just an acceptable sound with a Rotel 970bx cd player from my cheap but decent rig.
No way ... the sound was hard, harsh and flat. Quite common with digital in my experience.
Then a friend of mine brought his Thorens to my flat.
I can only tell you the big problem was not the system ... was the source.
Immediately i heard music instead of sounds ...
And the system was completely solid state but with LPs it had even depth !!! unbelievable.
From that moment my love and hate relation with digital started.
One thing is evident to me. Digital is not completely understood.
But we have all the time in the world.
Have a nice day.
Thanks again.
Kind regards,
bg
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