Anthony, The digital vs. analogue battle will never be resolved, I think. I still have a library full of records, in addition to a sizable collection of CDs. I think my best vinyl still sounds more natural than my best CDs, but the CDs are more consistent in quality. Certainly a portion of my vinyl is inferior to CDs of the same material. ( And were it not for Nakamichi's record-centering turntable, I would listen to less vinyl than I do! ). But for sure I wish all lute recordings were as good as the Astree POD ones!
If I were more technology (primarily computer) oriented, I would get a good video camera and use my AKG mics and preamp for my home recording. But for simplicity, I use a Zoom Q3 - usually about 4 to 5 feet from me. Sure, these units don't have the best mics, and certainly not great pre-amps, but over all youtubes recorded with such technology still sound more natural - honest - to my ears than over-reverberant commmercial recordings. Ned -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
