In Reply to: Does Anyone have experience of an AD/DA versus direct feed comparison ? posted by beppe61 on May 2, 2015 at 09:56:53:
THE RESULTS:
1. DSD sounded closest to the live mic feed.
2. HOWEVER, everyone preferred the sound after it was bounced to one-inch analog tape and then lifted off for playback....
Bob's staff managed the test; the panel members did not know what they were listening to, but it was not formally double-blinded.
That is the most rigorous and definitive answer I am aware of, and I read the pro magazines all the time and talk with engineers from all over the world.
JM
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Follow Ups
- Bob Ludwig gathered colleagues to do a comparison test of live mic feed versus encode/decode - John Marks 10:04:53 05/02/15 (10)
- RE: Bob Ludwig gathered colleagues to do a comparison test of live mic feed versus encode/decode - Tony Lauck 18:53:47 05/02/15 (3)
- Sorry, they were in the Federal Witness Protection Program, so, obviously - John Marks 19:25:22 05/02/15 (2)
- Ouch :-) - c1ferrari 07:53:19 05/03/15 (1)
- Hey--the Witness Program is no joke! - John Marks 11:50:25 05/03/15 (0)
- RE: Bob Ludwig gathered colleagues to do a comparison test of live mic feed versus encode/decode - beppe61 10:40:46 05/02/15 (5)
- The panel preferred analog tape with no AD/DA to all other encodes/decodes - John Marks 11:22:16 05/02/15 (4)
- RE: The panel preferred analog tape with no AD/DA to all other encodes/decodes - c1ferrari 07:43:56 05/03/15 (2)
- There was PCM - John Marks 12:06:58 05/03/15 (1)
- I only wish I could have been there... - c1ferrari 13:04:28 05/03/15 (0)
- RE: The panel preferred analog tape with no AD/DA to all other encodes/decodes - beppe61 11:47:53 05/02/15 (0)