This is very true. The least expensive digital system sounds better than all but the most expensive analog equipment. The media lasts longer, and is easier to duplicate for archival purposes.
And if you like the "warmth" and "natural distortion" of the older gear, amp and preamp modeling is a slam-dunk, with the ability to digitally mimic the sound characteristics of virtually any of the vintage setups, with great fidelity. Yours truly, Charles H. Roberts, 4th Customer Service Manager (CSM) Riverside County Information Technology (RCIT) Office: 951-486-7780 Cell: 951-840-8699 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Goralczyk Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 10:41 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: OT: Friday (strange) humor ** I have heard that argument before. My question is this, for the average person, spending less than 3000 dollars, which one really sounds better. And also the average person is not going to maintain their vinyl well enough to keep out the pops. I opt for durability and portability. In fact, when I got my first demo of a new technology (Cd's) the guy proved how durable they were by throwing them against walls and actually driving over one. Granted if you spin your tires it won't last, but you couldn't do any of that with vinyl or tapes. Seemed pretty cool to me. And now they have solid memory players so that you can abuse them in other ways and they keep on ticking. But I chuckle every time I see a jogger with a micro drive mp3 player. Technology is a gain, but with every choice, there are sacrifices. On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Yeah...while on that note, there are still many old school enthusiasts who make strong arguments that in many, many applications the best analog devices still trump the best digital devices. I have friends who insist that the sound produced by clean vinyl on a top-of-the-line turntable still beats the sound produced by the best CD player. -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG>] On Behalf Of Drew Shuller Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 11:52 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> Subject: Re: OT: Friday (strange) humor ** If anyone would like to know, vacuum tubes are still a really big deal for audiophiles and for people in the music biz. This is because people who care generally agree that the sound of tube amplification is subjectively better than the sound of solid state amplification, with a few exceptions. Guitar players like them because tubes produce better-sounding distortion, with a rounded sound-wave rather than the jagged sound wave that an overdriven solid state circuit would produce. All-tube amps are favorites. Some of them are quite old and some of them are new, but they're all pretty darned heavy. Sometimes the pre-amp circuit (the one that gets overdriven) will be tube and then the real amplification circuit will be solid-state, but for that good, slightly crunchy attack, you need all-tube. Also, singers and recording engineers will use microphones with an internal pre-amp which contains an itty-bitty vacuum tube. These sound "warmer." Audiophiles also like the warm sound that tubes give. Some of the most heaviest, most expensive, and esoteric amplifiers are all-tube, rendering units that cost tens of thousands of dollars. Each channel gets a separate amplifier. They turn these things on and leave them on for the life of the unit...if they are seriously bonkers audiophiles, that is. Anyway, the move to solid-state equipment created a "tube crisis" for lots of guitar players and amplifier manufacturers. Crisis was averted when the industry found a ready source for vacuum tubes: Russia. They still had plenty of crap that ran on them! Drew Tulsa, OK -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG>]On Behalf Of Grooms, Frederick W Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 11:22 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> Subject: Re: OT: Friday (strange) humor ** I used to carry the tester or tube case when my dad went out on repair calls on the weekends to fix people's TVs. ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG>] On Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 10:53 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> Subject: Re: OT: Friday (strange) humor ** No, you're not. I can still picture those tube tester machines in the stores. :) Rick On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Tim Widowfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: ** I hope I'm not the only old guy who was thinking "old tubes" was a reference to vacuum tubes. ----- Original Message ---- From: "Pierson, Shawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 9:42:32 AM Subject: [ARSLIST] OT: Friday (strange) humor ** You can tell the boss has been out of the office this week. My team, in conjunction with a team that sits with us, took some old tubes and turned cube land into a Chinese temple, complete with both male and female lion statues, as well as a bagua mirror with the old Remedy logo to ward off evil spirits. Hopefully the photos make it through the email. Shawn Pierson Private and confidential as detailed here <http://www.sug.com/disclaimers/default.htm#Mail> . 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