khewa;144798 Wrote: > any idea why the connectors has to be fiddle around to maintain the > sound quality ? maybe it's oxidation of the conacts, but oxidation > should not occur that fast. > > > looks like the old analogue format still has a lot of life in it yet. > I've been thinking about this for some time. The analogue format gives > you infinite resolution, whereas the digital format is limited by the > resolution at the time of the recording. 50 years from now, when > technology gets better, and you're able to quadruple the resoltuion > that you're getting today, you're not going to get better sound out of > the recording made today. Where as the analogue recording made today, > will sound a lot better in 50 years time, if it was remastered with the > highest resolution available at that time.
The explanation I can come up with is oxidation, but that doesn't mean this has to be the real reason. Also, gold is supposed to be largely resistant to oxidation... I should have mentioned that my own LP transfers to CD sound fantastic too. -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28307 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
