In Reply to: I believe Jim Smith points out in his book, Get Better Sound posted by audiozorro on July 2, 2012 at 11:56:04:
"With analog, you can hear music below the noise floor, with digital you cannot."
Complete BS. It is possible to hear music well below the noise floor in all digital formats. This is easily proven with a simple test of digital recording equipment, even equipment such as the PCM-F1 used in the 1980's to make some early digital recordings.
Tony Lauck
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- BS - Tony Lauck 18:31:59 07/02/12 (38)
- in my practical world ... - TBone 10:26:29 07/03/12 (37)
- RE: in my practical world ... - Fitzcaraldo215 14:52:16 07/04/12 (36)
- far too many ... - TBone 07:57:36 07/09/12 (35)
- RE: far too many ... - Fitzcaraldo215 08:32:12 07/10/12 (15)
- classical snobbery? - TBone 11:08:34 07/10/12 (10)
- RE: classical snobbery? - Robert C. Lang 22:47:25 07/12/12 (9)
- we are very different audiophiles ... - TBone 09:12:13 07/14/12 (8)
- Parallels with the incomparable Porsche 911 - Robert C. Lang 18:01:46 07/18/12 (7)
- RE: Parallels with the incomparable Porsche 911 - Fitzcaraldo215 08:46:04 07/19/12 (6)
- Sony blew it by not releasing an abundance of SACD rock titles - Robert C. Lang 22:42:16 07/20/12 (5)
- Right. - Kal Rubinson 06:47:09 07/21/12 (3)
- RE: Right. - Disbeliever 01:06:48 07/25/12 (2)
- You never seem to get the point. - Kal Rubinson 14:15:44 07/26/12 (1)
- RE: You never seem to get the point. - Disbeliever 21:48:34 07/26/12 (0)
- RE: Sony blew it by not releasing an abundance of SACD rock titles - Disbeliever 00:03:21 07/21/12 (0)
- RE: far too many ... - Disbeliever 09:12:18 07/10/12 (3)
- RE: far too many ... - Fitzcaraldo215 14:22:41 07/11/12 (2)
- RE: far too many ... - Disbeliever 23:34:47 07/11/12 (0)
- RE: far too many ... - Disbeliever 23:33:51 07/11/12 (0)
- Whoa! "faking hall ambiance"? ..Let me tell you what "faking" is - Robert C. Lang 01:03:57 07/10/12 (18)
- please get a grip on reality ... - TBone 06:07:56 07/10/12 (17)
- "faking hall ambiance" - Robert C. Lang 12:02:20 07/10/12 (16)
- again ... let's be clear ... - TBone 12:28:56 07/10/12 (15)
- Well, I'm rootin' for you - Robert C. Lang 17:34:19 07/10/12 (2)
- no need Robert ... - TBone 07:49:53 07/14/12 (1)
- Again not proselytizing....just some other points of interest - Robert C. Lang 01:09:13 07/16/12 (0)
- Wow. - Kal Rubinson 15:32:19 07/10/12 (11)
- c'mon KAL ... - TBone 16:38:46 07/10/12 (10)
- RE: c'mon KAL ... - Fitzcaraldo215 09:50:03 07/11/12 (1)
- spinning daftness ... - TBone 06:19:12 07/14/12 (0)
- c'mon - Kal Rubinson 17:07:55 07/10/12 (7)