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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Comments on analog music
- Message-ID: <185100@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 20:53:08 GMT
- Sender: daemon@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation
- Lines: 51
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- In article <5587@othmar.lulea.trab.se> sture@lulea.trab.se (Sture Jonsson) writes:
- >
- >And unfortunately for your point, a lot of people DISLIKE it. But of course,
- >that's just because they prefer distorsion ? Hm.....
-
- That is exactly the point. And anyone who knows a tiny bit
- about analog recording/playback technology was aware of these
- distortions LONG before digital audio was even considered.
-
- But preference is highly personal.
-
- Some people don't like CD because very miniscule distortions in
- the A-D D-A processes are usually quite audible and annoying.
-
- Some prefer analog because the distortions tend to be very benign
- and in some instances helpful. Few are really bothersome until
- they reach levels several orders of magnitude above those of even
- mediocre digital implementations.
-
- Many also don't like digital because it CAN be merciless in
- revealing flaws in the rest of the chain....and this really hurts
- egos and wallets if that equipment has lotsa zero's in the price
- tag.
-
- And some don't like it because it would hurt their ego to admit
- that they do like it.
-
- >
- >But the "fact" remains: Theory and implementation do often differ.
-
- Facts and theory tend to differ even more often.
-
- >
- >If "distorsion sounds better" than 'pure perfect sound forever' I'd say there
- >is something wrong, with the products and techniques.
- >
-
- A potentially more demanding medium is gonna strain otherwise
- perfectly adequate systems....
-
- So if you put a turbo on your engine and the clutch pukes, is it
- the turbo's fault, or should you have known better?
-
- Or if you put on a source with a dynamic range such that the
- perceived average loudness is very low (particularly compared to
- LP's usual compression) but the transients may just clip your
- darling amp...is it the technologies fault or just your severe
- lack of knowledge about perception, loudness, etc?
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