ralphpnj wrote: > Reading and following along on this thread makes me think realize > something that I've been saying for quite some time with respect to > digital audio which is that one of the reasons that digital audio was > developed was to lessen or eliminate many of the problems inherent in > analog audio. Based on many of these measurements I would say that > digital audio does indeed lessen or eliminate many of the problems > inherent in analog audio. You know little things like how it is > transmitted, the quality of the cables and ability to reject > interference. Now if only the some of the holdouts in the audiophile > world would just stop focusing on the things that digital audio already > does very well. i.e. lack of jitter and generational losses, and find > the areas where digital audio needs to be improved than perhaps the > sound of digital audio can be made better.
Excellent point. Maybe in yesteryear (back in the 80's perhaps), there was much to criticize in terms of jitter, digital cable quality, ultimate sound quality. But I think since the 2000's at least, "digital done right" is more of a rule now on the hardware side than an exception at least with reputable gear (I'll have to try out what a $30 DVD player from WalMart measures like one day!). I am actually more concerned about the software side where music is being compressed to death and no matter what quality gear, it just sounds LOUD. Last night I was listening to the recent Emmy Rossum album "Sentimental Journey" through the Touch. She has a nice voice, the songs are very accessible with a nice nostalgic feel, the album was recorded with a live band through vintage mics and supposedly good analogue gear... BUT the CD has dynamic compression throughout and measures a measly DR7 - you'd think this was a synthpop dance album! Although it doesn't sound awful, I can't help but wonder what it could have been if allowed to breathe dynamically for those of us not listening on iPod's with earbuds :-( ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
