Less IS more --
I agree with JC -- the best recorded sound I have heard is from master tapes... which got me into recording my own performances of local Bay area groups. Huge difference between LP or CD source and a master tape. [Havent tried master digital..... no reason to think it would not be as good.] Second best sound is HD from downloads off of a master recording.
So what ever is left out of the processing path is what messes things up the most. Even Direct to Disk LP was a big improvement.
Less IS more. Less system distortion.
Thx-RNMarsh
I agree with JC -- the best recorded sound I have heard is from master tapes... which got me into recording my own performances of local Bay area groups. Huge difference between LP or CD source and a master tape. [Havent tried master digital..... no reason to think it would not be as good.] Second best sound is HD from downloads off of a master recording.
So what ever is left out of the processing path is what messes things up the most. Even Direct to Disk LP was a big improvement.
Less IS more. Less system distortion.
Thx-RNMarsh
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But that processing is required to ensure that the bits entering your DAC are precisely the same bits as those leaving the ADC in the studio. All this processing is on your side! It is not manipulating the sound - it is preserving the sound. If the word 'processing' alarms you then find a better word. If there are problems with CD then the one place where it is certain they do not lie is the 'electronic processing'.a.wayne said:
And if he don´t he does not get your approval to listen to anything else but CD ?
Do you ever listen to classical music ? Do you have neighbours ?
It is not unusual to do some "gain riding" at home in such cases,
on parts that are "pianissimo" you get probably 10bits or so.
(It might well be that this resolution is even detectable in DBT which
otherwise has no similarity with the typical listening situation.)
That's an odd reading. If he doesn't bother to do basic experiments to validate or falsify his technical claims, then there's nothing to discuss, we're in the realm of religion, not audio technology.
Yes, yes, and no I don't, in that order. Though I'm struggling to understand the relevance.
Less is always more and yes master anything will always produce the best sound...
In terms of technical claims, they stand or fall on data. No amount of evasion, foot-stamping, proclamation, sneering, or name-calling changes that. Preferences are a different matter- if one prefers a noisy, high distortion medium with mediocre pitch stability and poor durability, that's up to the individual.
You mean "what some people believe they hear". This belief may be sincere, but if it remains unsubstantiated it is hardly surprising that no corresponding measurements exist. To establish new, better measurements would require careful tests to find correlations between measurements and perceived sound - this can't happen if the perceptions keep disappearing whenever a white coat is in the room.fas42 said:
Since I don't attach 4 ohm loads to 8 ohm taps, that measurement would be a waste of my time. If you're curious, you can build the design and measure it. The "8 watt" stuff was pulled out of your nether regions and has no relationship to reality. Out of curiosity, have you ever designed anything? Even a volume control knob?
I've published the S/N of my amp- it's -85dB, unweighted, 20Hz-20kHz, noise floor better than -100dB. As a practical matter, Jan Didden had his ear right up against the speaker and thought the power was off.
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