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In Reply to: Which component has benefited most/least from modern tech? posted by MannyE on April 25, 2016 at 07:33:41:
Most: Loudspeakers, phono cartridges. The latter only because the percentage of defective units seems to have gone way down in recent time..... I also think budget vinyl playback ($500 to $1000) is as good as it's ever been.Least: Digital audio. Although improved over the past three years (due mainly to the "obsolescence" of asynchronous upsampling), the potential of it displacing analog altogether hasn't come close to realization. I also think computer and server based audio is a nice novelty/convenience product, but a large step backwards in regard to the quality of playback from a sonic standpoint. (I think RFI emissions is the single biggest killer of musical enjoyment in playback.... And computers are RFI monsters. I think RFI is why MP3 and iTunes have become popular as mainstream formats. The higher the resolution of the digital data used in playback, the higher the RFI emissions.)
I think "lossless compression" (FLAC, Apple Lossless, APE, etc.), a popular playback format in server-based and portable audio, has some strange artifacts decoded in real time..... Most notably the "attenuation of vibrato" from singers and solo musicians.
I personally believe the best digital audio, in regard to overall sonic presentation, took place prior to the year 2000. Prior to the introduction of asynchronous upsampling, which I believe set back the art a good 15 years. Not to mention enable the survival and comeback of vinyl playback.
And finally, I believe Redbook CD playback has rarely been implemented to its potential.... Mainly due to RFI emissions..... For the rare occasions it is implemented well, I believe it's the best sounding of all digital playback formats.
Edits: 04/25/16
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- RE: Which component has benefited most/least from modern tech? - Todd Krieger 15:50:50 04/25/16 (13)
- RE: Which component has benefited most/least from modern tech? - Ric Schultz 18:52:09 04/25/16 (3)
- RE: Which component has benefited most/least from modern tech? - Todd Krieger 22:29:07 04/25/16 (2)
- NO, not there! Here is really where you want to be.... - Ric Schultz 12:49:05 04/26/16 (1)
- RE: NO, not there! Here is really where you want to be.... - A.Wayne 13:16:03 04/26/16 (0)
- Least improved? Drivers - bare 16:45:02 04/25/16 (5)
- I dunno, I think drivers have improved a lot - Dave_K 11:00:25 04/26/16 (3)
- RE: I dunno, I think drivers have improved a lot - A.Wayne 13:10:33 04/26/16 (2)
- RE: I dunno, I think drivers have improved a lot - Dave_K 16:02:16 04/26/16 (1)
- RE: I dunno, I think drivers have improved a lot - A.Wayne 10:38:39 04/27/16 (0)
- RE: Least improved? Drivers - Todd Krieger 22:01:22 04/25/16 (0)
- RE: Which component has benefited most/least from modern tech? - J. Phelan 16:33:17 04/25/16 (2)
- RE: Which component has benefited most/least from modern tech? - Todd Krieger 22:16:34 04/25/16 (1)
- RE: Which component has benefited most/least from modern tech? - J. Phelan 10:20:26 04/26/16 (0)
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