DeVerm;347561 Wrote: > > Again you misread my post. I was comparing the digital recording to an > analog soundwave or may be converted to an analog electrical signal, > but not to vinyl.
So when you said "analog is closer to the original", "analog" referred to the sound wave? Then what was the "original"? And what's an "analog sound wave" anyway? There is no such thing - not in the real world, at least. > When you read "analog" you replace that with vinyl. A digital recording > of a soundwave is never closer to it than the electrical signal that > comes from the microphone. That's true - but neither is whatever analog medium the mic signal might be stored in. > It might not degrade it but it changes it and many people hear it. Well, that's the question. Do you have any evidence for that assertion? > Come on, some people can even tell you the make and brand of the DAC > used just by listening to it's output. Just like some people can/could > tell you which tape-recorder or even brand of tape was used for the > master. I -very- much doubt that. "Experts" (like John Atkinson, for example) can't distinguish tube amps with ~1% distortion from solid state - you really think they can identify a DAC by the sound? > I believe the test would prove that the two conversions changes the > sound and that this change would even be apparent when replaying it on > vinyl. If, like you suggest, no one can hear a difference, you have > proof that the two conversions do not result in a audible difference. OK. As far as I know this has never been done, but it would be interesting. One thing that -has- been done is the analogous comparison between redbook and SACD. No one could hear the difference. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53355 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
