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In Reply to: The room we are in is the "Vinyl Asylum" and Vinyl is an analog format. posted by Teresa on September 14, 2006 at 12:54:33:
And digital cd has so much more than analog LP does. I have Going Home on both East Wind direct to disc and cd. The cd has more, which is no small feat considering the quality of the dtd.
I spent a fortune on dbx expanders in the '70s and early '80s to increase the dynamic range of my lp playback. It worked. dbx sold a lot of 117's, 118's, 1BX, 2BX, 3BX and the Series II variants.
As long as you did not dial in too much expansion, they sounded damn good."If you can hear it, it's real".
Tom
Follow Ups:
I'm afraid you are confusing dynamic compression schemes with range and scale, the latter of which vinyl is superior.
You are talking about something completely different. I think.
Were you alive in the '70s?
No, you are not talking about dynamic range because it's obvious that you, like most others have no idea what dynamic-range is.Listen very carefully to a properly played, decently recorded record thru a proper front-end and tell me that redbook digital can even come within shouting-distance of vinyl's fluid range and finely graduated scale.
I must amend my last response. You are clearly trying to recover peak decible's that are compressed on vinyl to keep the needle from jumping out of the groove, are you not?Is this not a primary funtion of "range-expanders"?
This was the topic of my original response in which your follow-up response was correct. I appologize.
Given that, my main point is that the quality of playback greatly determines the limitations perceived thereof.
Don't overlook the quality of the phono-stage. I have found it to be the biggest handicap.
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