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In Reply to: Well, the $64,000 question is posted by E-Stat on February 27, 2007 at 13:23:20:
You are saying that an audible difference in signals might yield NO difference between recordings of that signal and the unchanged signal?In other words, that whatever has changed will be *totally invisible* to the less than $200K recording process and will cause no difference at ALL between the tracks made with it (kind of like the way vampires don't cast reflections in mirrors)?? Are there signal characteristics that get removed (not just get distorted or corrupted or mixed with added noise -- but vanish *completely*) in passing through gear that doesn't cost enough $$?
I can think of two cases where that could possibly be true:
...Signals outside the bandwidth of the lower$$ gear-- but soundcards that record at 192kHz have bandwidth as high as any used in studios, and can be had for under $150. So that can be easily avoided.
...Or signals so low in level that they are below the noise floor of the sub$$ gear -- but do all the audio benefits of tweaks and cables only occur at -105dB below the peak playback levels?
..Maybe there are other classes of stealthy sounds in one recording that can leave no trail in another recording, who knows for certain? Pretty darn unlikely, though, I'd say.The "not good enough equipment" argument maybe holds when talking about degrading a signal, garbage combining with other garbage sounding like the same garbage. But the test mentioned detects whether any change has happened at all.
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Follow Ups
- Re: Well, the $64,000 question is - bwaslo 14:03:37 02/27/07 (5)
- Well - E-Stat 15:57:58 02/27/07 (4)
- Re: Well - bwaslo 17:36:13 02/27/07 (1)
- I'll combine responses to both your posts - E-Stat 08:25:22 02/28/07 (0)
- Re: Well - bwaslo 17:26:56 02/27/07 (1)
- Well, if your intent isn't to take away my toys... - Wellfed 19:01:58 02/27/07 (0)
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