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In Reply to: RE: "jump factor" is what vinyl reproduction has in spades posted by hifitommy on August 23, 2014 at 02:05:32
It isn't the fault of digital. It's the fault of the recording process. Digital has more dynamic range than vinyl but you have to use it. There's no way if both are optimum even if it were on a recording that a stylus with mass can react as quickly as good electronics to dynamics.
Now I suspect we are talking about a very different situation with well recorded high speed analogue tape.
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i am not speaking of dynamic RANGE per se but the ability to respond to dynamic changes, some micro, some macro. even well recorded digital music doesn't have that ability in comparison to analog.
we can argue this back and forth for a decade and never come to terms. its what i and many others of us hear versus what you and others hear that makes us prefer A or D. . we will have to agree to disagree as neither of us will accept the artifacts we hear in the other's preferred recording mode.
the higher rez digital modes are much closer and are getting more so almost daily. that can be our meeting ground.
...regards...tr
Although I find that the best 24/96 content is getting darn close.
I've yet to hear any digital format deliver what I've heard from 12" 45 RPM vinyl. Whether it's Madonna singles with incredible slam and punch or Berlioz on Reference Recordings.
that the higher rez digital formats have more analog characteristics. sacd reissues of analog content and native dsd possess the ease and more satisfying effects (these are subliminal) of native analog.
with the additional data present, it represents the original sound more closely in nearly all aspects.
...regards...tr
You could be on to something. Micro dynamics are just as important as dynamic range and macro dynamics in accurate reproduction. What is essential is linearity in dynamic change at any level.
But then again the signal from a digital source is ultimately analogue. I'll have to do some listening to digital and analogue sources the same session and see. I'm not yet convinced but I'll give you a serious benefit of the doubt. Thanks.
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