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In Reply to: How huge is huge? posted by ghost of olddude55 on July 27, 2022 at 06:11:49:
"How huge is huge?"
hard to quantify. Comparable to a $300.00 cartridge vs a $5,000.00 cartridge. Actually bigger difference than that.
"The difference between $5 and $125?"
For me? Hell yeah. can't speak for others.
"Even though the one step was mastered from a digital file, the original master tapes were still in the chain, and they're what, 20 years older than they were when your DCCs were mastered?"
Maybe. Not sure that makes much of a difference. Many analog tapes from the 70s still play amazingly well. Remember, all those analog purists who are so butt hurt over finding out about the digital step were hailing these one steps as prime examples of just how great an all analog chain really is.
"What's the percentage increase between $5 and $125? Is the one step that much better?"
It's a personal value judgement. I have been quite happy with most of my one steps and will continue to buy the titles I am interested in.
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Follow Ups
- this is where it gets a bit subjective - Analog Scott 07:59:19 07/27/22 (30)
- I guess I'm of two minds... - ghost of olddude55 08:02:34 07/27/22 (29)
- RE: I guess I'm of two minds... - Tre' 08:29:05 07/27/22 (10)
- Again, different company. - ghost of olddude55 08:38:14 07/27/22 (9)
- OK but why didn't they say when they stopped cutting directly from the master tapes? - Tre' 08:48:13 07/27/22 (8)
- What difference does it make? nt - ghost of olddude55 08:53:00 07/27/22 (7)
- People don't like being deceived/misled. - Tre' 08:56:13 07/27/22 (6)
- They misled themselves. They made assumptions. - ghost of olddude55 09:01:43 07/27/22 (5)
- RE: They misled themselves. They made assumptions. - Tre' 21:37:44 07/27/22 (0)
- RE: They misled themselves. They made assumptions. - Tre' 09:12:32 07/27/22 (3)
- Never assume anything. - ghost of olddude55 09:43:23 07/27/22 (2)
- I wasn't ripped off - Tre' 09:47:45 07/27/22 (1)
- And here I thought a green light meant "Mastered from CD." - ghost of olddude55 09:51:36 07/27/22 (0)
- RE: I guess I'm of two minds... - Analog Scott 08:07:45 07/27/22 (17)
- New generations of vinyl buyers? - ghost of olddude55 08:17:26 07/27/22 (16)
- RE: New generations of vinyl buyers? - Analog Scott 10:24:46 07/27/22 (2)
- Sure, but that's a hell of a lot of money. - ghost of olddude55 11:07:23 07/27/22 (1)
- Up until this ridiculous contraversy which never should have been - Analog Scott 20:10:17 07/27/22 (0)
- I bought a bunch of brand new Blue Notes for 10 bucks each ... - Dave Pogue 08:31:25 07/27/22 (10)
- Did the same thing... - ghost of olddude55 08:37:23 07/27/22 (9)
- When Target, Amazon or WalMart have their buy two.. - viridian 08:52:48 07/27/22 (8)
- I love the Tone Poets. - ghost of olddude55 08:55:20 07/27/22 (7)
- I'll be a contrarian here.. - viridian 09:29:59 07/27/22 (6)
- I've got "In Flight" and "The Rajah." - ghost of olddude55 09:46:15 07/27/22 (5)
- LOL, that's my stock and trade. nt - viridian 12:26:12 07/27/22 (4)
- RE: LOL, that's my stock and trade. nt - Story 14:58:52 07/27/22 (3)
- Oy vey. nt - viridian 17:38:43 07/27/22 (2)
- the emails from the asylum - Story 17:44:19 07/27/22 (1)
- last spam I have is 24hour saftey shower /nt - Story 08:28:47 07/28/22 (0)
- it's not much of a collection for them at 125 - Story 08:23:11 07/27/22 (1)
- My daughter will be 36 in a couple of weeks. - ghost of olddude55 08:28:32 07/27/22 (0)