Phil, looking at your sig and gear............have you heard/tried a Transporter and if not WHY?!.
DENNIS Phil Leigh;347306 Wrote: > A more interesting test would be to compare analogue 2-track 2 inch tape > running at 30ips with the digital recording. > > ...an even more interesting test is to interpose a high quality adc/dac > into the recording chain onto tape and see if anyone can identify its > presence!. > > The fact is that vinyl sounds very different to the master recording > (regardless of its medium) - restricted dynamic range, frequence > response, higher noise floor, tracing and tracking distortion etc. > However, some people like what it adds not what it lacks. They might > also prefer the typical mastering balance of vinyl which is often very > different to the nearest equivalent CD. That's fine - it is their > preference. However you can't extrapolate that to a "vinyl is better > than digital" argument. It's just different. > > However, almost nobody can detect the interposition of a good ADC/DAC > in the replay chain, likewise the off-tape monitoring chain of a very > good studio master tape recorder, whereas almost anyone can detect a > change caused by inserting a vinyl cut & playback process... -- dennis55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dennis55's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8884 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53355 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
