opaqueice;214278 Wrote: > I guess you could do the following experiment: put a live band singing > into mics and playing amplified instruments into a soundproof booth. > Digitally record the mics and instrument pickups. As they play, > compare the "live" sound (meaning the mics and instrument pickups going > straight into some speakers outside the sound booth) to the recorded > sound going to those same speakers. So the only difference is that the > recorded source went through an ADC and a DAC. > > It seems overly complicated though - why not just take any old sound > sample, put it through ADC and DAC, and see if it's distinguishable > from the original? I've tried that (with crappy equipment) and the > differences are pretty small - certainly much, much smaller than the > differences from changing the speakers or the room, or from making the > recording using a mic rather than the direct signal.
Well, based on my experience in the studio I can tell you that switching a half-way decent ADC+DAC combo into the loop would not make a major difference to the sound. Heresy I know... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some very expensive cables ;o) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
