> analog sound has a distinctive sound that people find familiar, > reassuring. in the film industry, people are just darn used to film. so > what if digital video is cleaner, allows the filmers to do more Cool > Stuff(tm)? If it doesn't look like film, some people just don't want to > see it. The same is largely true in audio... you even have some people > who swear up and down that the equipment used in the 60's and 70's is > the best audio equipment ever made, and be damned with computers.
That's a great point. Some people are very forward-thinking, perhaps too much so, and they're always saying how CD audio is perfect and everything else is measured against it. But others set the benchmark at vinyl records, claiming that those are perfect and that CDs are too "distant" or "tinny." I am somewhat inclined to agree, but vinyl has too many disadvantages. It's difficult to obtain music on records these days, it's difficult to transfer music around on records, they wear out over time, and, obviously, they are not portable. I'll have to hook up the old turntable and compare some of my digitally mastered, digitally encoded music to its analog equivalent. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
