NorthStar
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There's nothing curious about analog and digital coexistence; it's part of evolution, @ home with passionate romance and superior experience, and on the go with also the same, just a different space.
Digital and analog audio’s curious coexistence
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AJ Soundfield
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Yeah, I'm sure the guys with the Brinkmann, Chord and MSB Ref dacs only listen when doing dishes 
Yes, I just listened for hours to my CD rig without any fatigue and great involvement and excitement.
I do think Guttenberg might have had a point with early digital, but in 2018 he is hopelessly behind the curve, or has some mysterious sensibilities that you and I don't share.
On with my listening. I just took a break for my ears because I enjoyed my music rather loud. My CD rig makes me want to turn the music up, not down.
NorthStar
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"Still, if you're new to vinyl I'd recommend buying a few LPs manufactured before 1980 to experience what 100 percent all-analog LPs sound like. A 34-year-old friend I interviewed about LPs put it this way, "Records are beautiful, they're beautiful," and she noted that listening to 1960s and 1970s music that was originally released on vinyl is like reading literature in the original language -- the music makes more sense. I agree, converting analog recordings to digital inevitably changes the sound in ways the band never intended."
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The bands, most of them didn't think analog or digital, they thought financial.
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The bands, most of them didn't think analog or digital, they thought financial.
Mike Lavigne
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+1.
today listened all day to digital and totally love it. I never tire of my digital rig. so I absolutely get how you feel. I did take a few breaks to do some yard work and watch my Mariner's beat the Indians.
let's leave how my vinyl sounds out of it then. and we can agree that we both get it all from digital.
Yes, and I assume your vinyl sounds excellent.
Mike Lavigne
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Right now, courtesy of Tidal, Bill Frisell is in the next room working his way through the Music IS material. This afternoon Charles Lloyd, Bobo Stenson, and friends showed up to play Notes from Big Sur to me, part of an ECM 5-disc reissue. Lloyd was planted 8 feet in front of me, the tenor sax visible to my mind's eye. Not a hiss, pop, or skip to break the palpable spell of musicians in my house. Factor in ease-of-use, and I'm glad I find digital fulfilling enough to resist the siren call of vinyl.
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Bill Frisell (Nonesuch record label), Charles Lloyd (ECM record label); I like them a lot, and they sound great in Pulse Code Modulation...stereo...CDs.
That, is music for the ages, for the times we love living in. And no matter if it's played on a Technics turntable, a Revox open-reel tape deck or a Rotel CD player...anything between, before and after...not necessarily in that particular order.
I also like Cat Steven's albums...from the early seventies. /// And Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young from 1969 and 1970...LPs.
That, is music for the ages, for the times we love living in. And no matter if it's played on a Technics turntable, a Revox open-reel tape deck or a Rotel CD player...anything between, before and after...not necessarily in that particular order.
I also like Cat Steven's albums...from the early seventies. /// And Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young from 1969 and 1970...LPs.
AJ Soundfield
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Right, along with tons of other folks, including me. But according to one crotchety senior "reviewer", you were supposed to feel an irresistible urge to go do the dishes or something other than just sitting and listening. It appears the audience he kowtows to laps up that sort of silliness. It fits their view and needed "justifications", for what is merely their personal preference.
cheers,
AJ
AJ Soundfield
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What, no dishes???
No need to leave vinyl out if you prefer it. Preference is just that, no need for any reasons or "justifications".
I prefer some vinyl over the CD counterpart and vice versa, rather than anything across the board. I prefer some reproduction with tubes and some with SS. I prefer some MQA over non and vice versa. I prefer some SACD over CD and vice versa. I prefer some tracks in pure 2ch stereo rather than 2ch + enhanced. No absurd justifications about ADD and dishes, etc. needed. YMMV.
cheers,
AJ
I greatly enjoy both formats and tape too! But damn, digital has gotten so good so quickly. If I think back to the DAC’s even 5 or 10 years ago, they aren’t in the same league as the ones today.
I sell way more digital products than TT’s. I sell 8 times more CD players (all well north of $10k). Let that sink in. And 40 times more DAC’s vs TT’s. My clients tell me they aren’t going to deal with the “hassle” of vinyl. I enjoy that part myself. But ok.
What I’m curious about is whether different technologies will find their way into DAC’s, like a de-esser (I see the new Weiss DAC has this) and a dynamic range expander to battle compression?
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I sell way more digital products than TT’s. I sell 8 times more CD players (all well north of $10k). Let that sink in. And 40 times more DAC’s vs TT’s. My clients tell me they aren’t going to deal with the “hassle” of vinyl. I enjoy that part myself. But ok.
What I’m curious about is whether different technologies will find their way into DAC’s, like a de-esser (I see the new Weiss DAC has this) and a dynamic range expander to battle compression?
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AJ Soundfield
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My next gen speakers will have that exact feature!
So when Edwards demo switches to Metallica at 150db, I don't have to run for the door :lol:
Maybe you can start prepackaging your digital components with a dishwasher?
(Ok, I'll stop now)
cheers,
AJ
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No, you end up looking like Joy Reid. You say something with clear intent and then you deny you said it. It's not "projection" which is your new favorite word, it's a mirror reflecting your own words back to you. I'm sick of your nonsense. You are the proverbial turd in the audiophile punch bowl. You really are the Ethan Winer of AS.
AJ Soundfield
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AJ Soundfield
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Know who Ethan is, but I'll sheepishly admit I had to Google Joy Reid
Btw, Herbs doing a fantastic job of paying no attention to anything I say. I'd hate to think what would happen if he did!
Who knew differing opinions posted on a "Discussion" site could illicit such ire....
Maybe I can start floating the idea that digital makes one calmer? Perhaps the filtering?
brad225
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I got hooked on Charles Lloyd by way of his "Forest Flower Live at Monterey Jazz Festival" album when I 17. That was my connection to music. 48 years later it is still one of my favorite and is in the regular rotation of listening enjoyment.
RDSChicago
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Long live high res streaming (at least 16/44) services. They’re all I listen to now and for the foreseeable future. But to each their own. Peace. This is just a hobby!!!