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In Reply to: RE: Comparing vinyl sound to hi-res digital remaster posted by PaulF70 on May 08, 2017 at 19:47:26
I'm pretty sure all of Mike's interconnects incorporated zobel networks that altered frequency response. When we played my CD-R in Mike's Meitner CD player it sounded substantially different than the vinyl record. When I heard this, I immediately connected my own CD player using standard Monster Cable interconnects and one of the observers remarked, "Wow, that sure sounds a lot better." That's why I insisted on using my own CD player for the formal test and that's why Mike and two others failed the test even with lowly 16/44 Redbook digital.
Bruce Brown brought his TASCAM DSD recorder to the Challenge and after the formal test was finished he made some DSD recordings from Mike's Rockport Sirius III. Bruce's DSD recordings were essentially indistinguishable from vinyl. This is basically what I hear with my new TASCAM DA-3000 DSD recorder.
Best regards,
John Elison
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BUT, JOHN, IN THE WORD "ESSENTIALLY" IS CAPTURED EVERYTHING!!!!
It really is. I myself could not tell the difference between my own DSD128 recordings and the vinyl initially. But once I learned the differences over long-term listening, I could. Reliably. And I figured this out when I began searching for the explanation for why the recordings were just never quite as fulfilling/had some fatigue that the analog source did not.
I find my digital recordings of vinyl just as fulfilling if not more so than listening to vinyl itself. My goal is listening to music -- not in listening to my audio components. My audio system is a tool for listening to music . It is not an end in and of itself. There is no audio system in existence that sounds exactly like live music; therefore, I don't bother deluding myself about small differences. However, I experience no listening fatigue with hi-res digital, and especially not with DSD.
To each his own!
I take your experience for what it's worth, but you might have missed my point. By no means was I LOOKING for a "reason" to declare the direct vinyl better - on the contrary, I'd already sold my whole setup by the time I realized that it was just not quite as *musical* - as natural, that is.
I've gotten used to digital and it sounds very musical to me, especially well recorded hi-res digital. Of course, I like both vinyl and digital, and I wouldn't want a system that didn't include both.
Best regards,
John Elison
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