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Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?
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That's not the point, Peter. Like you, I also like Bach, who died more than 200 years before we both were born. Were those good ole times? Hardly. You got an infection, and you could die from it. In the winter, the only room in the house that was heated was the living room. Yeah, fun times, alright.
Do not forget the out houses. My mom’s family had one until the ‘40’s. Nothing like having to go when it was freezing and snowing. Give me modern tech like heated floors and towel bars!, and indoor plumbing.
Bruce B
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I would not consider a "RME ADI-2" a true Professional DAC.... We need to get into the Merging Horus, Prisim, Lavry and EMM Labs ADC8 IV to hear what's really happening!
OK but would you agree that pro DACs can compete with if not destroy hifi DACs ?
Bruce B
WBF Founding Member, Pro Audio Production Member
For the most part, since Pro DAC'S are all about the sound, whereas Audiophile DAC's are all about the cosmetics.
Case in point.... Weiss made a DAC for consumers.... made it look pretty and jacked the price up another thousand or so.... the insides were exactly the same as the Professional DAC
if you’re talking about nostalgia for the past, I presume you mean things we actually experienced. I enjoyed the 70s 80s and 90s. Then I got married and had kids. Those were great years too. Nothing like little children around the Christmas tree or three generations around the Thanksgiving table. Yes I am nostalgic for those times and I’m not going to complain about them. I never mentioned living in Bach’s era or going to an outhouse in the winter. Someone brought that up to create extreme contrast to support some argument.
Yes having heated seats, a sunroof, and a back up mirror in my truck is convenient, so is a remote for my flatscreen TV. Soon we can all celebrate driving electric cars that don’t make noise or have fumes. I guess I just don’t have bad memories of what life was like when I was younger.
Oh Please, i had a few professional grammy nominated sound engineers/ producers working for me/with me, when i owned a commercial recording studio.Ask professional sound engineers
No audiophile knows more than the person who creates the album
They are very focused on getting a sound that works for the great masses, not audiophiles. They care about convenience, not ultimate fidelity, most of them would not recognize good sound if it bit them in the ass !
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There's no contradiction between my comment and yours .Oh Please, i had a few professional grammy nominated sound engineers/ producers working for me/with me, when i owned a commercial recording studio.
It's their job to get good sound for the masses , but still they strive for *good * sound.
And some of them do care about audiophiles and SQ in general more than others.
It still has nothing to do with the fact that digital is the closest to the original master vs vinyl .
Oh Please, i had a few professional grammy nominated sound engineers/ producers working for me/with me, when i owned a commercial recording studio.
Very interesting comment, Milan. That certainly puts a new perspective on it. Whoa.
Bruce B
WBF Founding Member, Pro Audio Production Member
Oh Please, i had a few professional grammy nominated sound engineers/ producers working for me/with me, when i owned a commercial recording studio.
Unless the engineer's clients catered to Audiophiles........ which is what I did......
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Looks like a mastering room, most of the "damage" has already been done elsewhere !
Download one of the label's albumsLooks like a mastering room, most of the "damage" has already been done elsewhere !
I promise you it will be the best sounding recording you've ever heard(or at least one of them )
Why question?. Show some basic respect for individual preferences and stop second guessing someones personal choice.
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