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In Reply to: RE: On tweaking and this forum posted by madisonears on March 30, 2015 at 12:39:08
In the 30 years of progress section, I forgot to mention an entire technology: digital storage and high resolution formats. What we can retrieve now from an SACD or blu-ray audio was unthinkable 30 years ago. I know the vinyl people will disagree, but our modern storage and retrieval far exceeds the original fidelity of analogue systems, with dynamic range and S/N that surpasses what one typically hears at a LIVE concert.
Also falling under the miniaturization category: SMT whereby an entire circuit of individual components can be condensed into a tenth or less the area it formerly required, with shorter signal paths and all the advantages that confers.
I'm sure there are other advances I've overlooked. There are plenty of downsides as well, but let's not dwell on those.
Peace,
Tom E
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with most of what you say, but perhaps you should use more caution in describing every one of the technological innovations of the last 30 years as an "advance" in the reproduction of music for personal pleasure. Yes, those new technologies permit us to have smart phones and digital electronics, and etc., but the peculiar nature of what each of us regards as maximal aural fidelity to real music is not always well served by these modern technologies. To mount a highly complex circuit onto a tiny chip is a wonderment that all of us benefit from on a daily basis, but I probably don't want that chip anywhere near my audio system, except perhaps in a digital processor that I will use rarely. That's just my opinion, of course. You may think differently.
You are on the path of enlightenment and truth - good on ya!!
-RW-
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