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Interesting explanation on DAC and old tapes

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Posted on March 17, 2017 at 08:14:00
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 I particularly liked the part of how hiss and dithering was explained. It really took some of the mystery out of digital. Which is good being I no longer use any analog sources anyway.

 

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Monty delivers a good show and tell, posted on March 17, 2017 at 09:12:06
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 especially when he whips out his silly scope, but must not listen to a lot of live music.

Do you share his belief that the Redbook digital format is in every way superior to analog?

 

RE: Monty delivers a good show and tell, posted on March 17, 2017 at 10:17:06
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 I'm not going to bull this one. I know very little about digital. However I do plan on reading up on it being it's HERE! And I do enjoy using it.

 

Do you, posted on March 17, 2017 at 11:18:09
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 I know very little about digital.

listen to much live, unamplified music? Theory is great when supported by observational data.

I find the ancient-by-computer-standards Redbook standard lacking. I have a number of titles in multiple formats including higher resolution 24 bit flavors of various sample rates that are clearly more lifelike sounding.

I enjoy digital, too but prefer it when not crippled by the media storage limitations of 1982.

 

RE: Do you, posted on March 19, 2017 at 08:47:45
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 Judging by the end product, I would generally agree. However, I do have some CD's that sound fantastic. West Side Story comes to mind. A lot of music has crappy sound, no matter what the format. I think a lot of the problems with CD are about the production of music. When done right, CD can sound good. I still feel that when the sound is great, analog is the best, but you can get good sound from CD.

Dave

 

Sure , posted on March 22, 2017 at 18:31:40
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 CD sound can be good. Most of what I listen to today originated on a CD. Similarly, bias ply tires can produce good traction. Why settle for either today?

It's just a shame that much better doesn't necessary cost more to produce and distribute with current computer technology.

 

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