>I think alot of the quality of the audio goes out the window after digital
>quantizantion.
Something I don't understand here - so much music is made with samplers and
other digital devices, so presumably the sound coming out is quantised to
16-bit/44.1KHz by definition anyway - how can writing that quantised sound
onto vinyl suddenly give it a better dynamic range / quality ?
I suspect there's a bit of retro-fetishism going on here (not that there's
anything wrong with that - just that vinyl rules for reasons other than
sound quality).
Debates r.e. the quality of mp3 files are mainly irrelevant at present since
the primary point of mp3 files is swapping, i.e. you take what you can get
in terms of bitrate. Sure, higher bitrates sound better, but most extant
files are lower bitrate. Since it's a lossy compression system there will
always be a difference, and the louder the P.A. the more audible that
difference will be. Personally I'm not ready to make the switch yet, though
I do play with WAVs off a puter.
:-) (-:
Ash
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