: >And in the very next sentence trounces analog with a bogus reason.
: >> Chances are that most analog appeal comes from
: >> euphonius distortions that could be simulated in digital if anyone wanted
: >> to try.
: Ahhh, yes. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
:
: Shetline's reason is not bogus. He refers to an entire body of
: knowledge that you have neither acknowledged nor refuted.
:
: As seems usual, you are content to misstate your opinion as fact
: and engage in ad-hominem attacks on those who have studied the
: issues.
:
: Kurt, go away. How do you propose he "trounces" analog? He doesn't.
: He says the distortions ARE euphonic, which is a reccomendation,
: I would think, rather than a trouncing.
Remember. The instant you record something with a microphone, you've
committed unspeakable distortion. Who knows what's really going on between
your ears? What's the reason to believe that sampling pressure fields at
two or more points, and playing back through loudspeakers should do anything
sensible? That was the conventional model because the technology didn't
allow anything else.
With DSP we can do arbitrary amounts of potentially
interesting processing with essentially O(1) amounts of undesirable
distortion. The surround-sound lovers (who didn't arise out of
the purist monks of audiophilia) don't have any problem with this. And
it makes a positive difference. With digital, the signal is, to
zeroeth order, altered only when purposely desired, and in a controlled
fashion.
I think it's amazing that present stereo is as good as it is.
Hit me! Beat me with euphonic distortion!
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