JezA;442987 Wrote: > If you were trying to reproduce a photograph that had originally been > taken on a not very good camera, would you use another not very good > camera, or would you get a better result using the best optics you can? I'd use a camera that was good enough. To continue your analogy, transferring vinyl LPs to digital is like making a copy of a photo in a newspaper. A standard 35mm SLR with a decent lens is more than adequate. Recording vinyl LPs at 24/96 is akin to using a Hasselblad medium format - it's unnecessary and adds nothing.
JezA;442987 Wrote: > There are some very fine recording engineers, such as Doug Sax, who > would disagree with you about the superiority of red book cd vs > analogue. http://www.airshowmastering.com/newsimg/1.pdf I never claimed redbook is superior to top-end analogue (eg. high speed 1/2 track tape). As far as I can tell from the article you reference, that's what Doug Sax is talking about. But we're discussing transferring vinyl LPs here, not 30ips master tapes. Robin Bowes;442997 Wrote: > JezA wrote: > > > BTW, cliveb, just as you argue that other people hear what they want > to > > hear, perhaps it is also true that you don't hear what you don't want > to > > hear! > > Absolutely, which further demonstrates the value of DBT. I am acutely aware that my own expectations that I won't hear a difference could be just as destructive as someone else's expectation that they will. I've said as much on previous occasions on this forum. That said, I like to feel that the first time I did a listening comparison between 16/44 and 24/96 recordings of an LP I had an open mind. Of course, for the skeptic who isn't expecting to hear a difference, a DBT doesn't help - their expectation of no difference will survive the constraints of a DBT. -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65876 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
