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RE: DBX

Posted by John Elison (A) on April 19, 2014 at 20:06:51

In Reply to: DBX posted by zhemini on April 19, 2014 at 19:37:30:

I owned 20 DBX albums at one time many years ago. I also owned a couple of DBX 4-BX dynamic range expanders and a couple DBX 224 noise reduction units. Additionally, I bought a Teac X-1000 open reel tape deck with DBX noise reduction. I thought it was pretty cool until I got into direct-to-disc LPs. The DBX vinyl sounded artificial to me after listening to direct-to-disc and Reference Recordings LPs. The dynamic range expanders also began to sound artificial and unnatural. I finally dumped everything DBX and concentrated on upgrading my turntables and phono cartridges. I focused on audiophile vinyl, which I think sounds much more real and natural than anything DBX. Unfortunately, a lot of the content on audiophile vinyl is less than interesting, but when a good performance comes around, it simply blows away DBX.

Best regards,
John Elison

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