mlsstl;539553 Wrote: > If you look at analog recording and playback equipment - turntables and > open reels, you are really pretty lucky to have a S/N ratio in the 60 > to 70 dB range yet there are many fine sounding recordings done in > those formats. > > While I generally agree with the principle of continuing to advance > technology in the realm of music recording and playback, in my book the > biggest sin is not the lack of advanced capability in the equipment, but > rather what the music industry typically does with what they do have. > > I've got ordinary Redbook CDs that are simply stunning in terms of > sound quality. I know just how good an ordinary CD can sound. > > When I hear a bad recording, it is not due to the setting of my digital > volume control or the fact the music came from a CD instead of a 24/96K > file. The biggest factor is the artist, recording engineers, producer > and record label execs didn't bother doing a very good job. My keeping > the digital volume level at 100% doesn't fix that issue.
what he said + a million :-) There are some drop dead stunning redbook recordings out there (and some less than stellar 24/96...) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77725 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
