Referring only to classical music.
If you solely listen to analogue, you're missing ~3.5 decades of great classical music performances and recordings.
Very few were pressed on vinyl (digital master, of course), and those that were sound better on digital playback.
I don't intend to give up on digital, no sir.
I think he is referring to the most recent " ~3.5 decades of great classical music performances and recordings," none of which are available analog/vinyl format. (Well, hardly any, at least.) Thus, abjuring digital would be a significant loss.Indeed. I understand the longing for recordings from a purported golden age in the 50s and 60s, but I disagree that there are not equally good -- just different -- or, dare I say, at times better performances on modern recordings. And some with stellar sound quality.
Exactly. Late 1980s till today.I think he is referring to the most recent " ~3.5 decades of great classical music performances and recordings," none of which are available analog/vinyl format. (Well, hardly any, at least.) Thus, abjuring digital would be a significant loss.
I'd wager for the vast majority A B A IS a new thing in terms of implementing into their audio comparisons. I also do A B A when I make comparisons, you and I are in the minority.you would only be surprised if the A B A is a new thing. i do it every day all the time. my digital <-> vinyl compares are a permanent part of my listening. and there is a consistent hierarchy; yet i embrace both for what they are and can be. i prefer both.
Why do you believe performing A B A needs to be a carried out to the point of dedicating your life to it? A bit extreme IMO. How about, for example - you get a new cable, you have someone switch cable A and B and A and you listen and write down your observations and try to pick each?Unfortunately there are no scientific tests that can be carried in this hobby, unless we decide to dedicate all our life to this hobby. Some people will disagree with me, but I find that A-B-A is not a proper test in the high-end.
I think he is referring to the most recent " ~3.5 decades of great classical music performances and recordings," none of which are available analog/vinyl format. (Well, hardly any, at least.) Thus, abjuring digital would be a significant loss.
Why do you believe performing A B A needs to be a carried out to the point of dedicating your life to it? A bit extreme IMO. How about, for example - you get a new cable, you have someone switch cable A and B and A and you listen and write down your observations and try to pick each?
Well said, happens too frequently. Sit back, listen and emerse yourself in the music , whatever format you enjoy. The rest is nothing but noiseLong thread about nothing but personal preference. That's OK unless/until preference is confused with and promoted as truth.
(N.B.: I am not promoting my prefences as truth.)
I think he is referring to the most recent " ~3.5 decades of great classical music performances and recordings," none of which are available analog/vinyl format. (Well, hardly any, at least.) Thus, abjuring digital would be a significant loss.
Confirmation bias works both ways. That's the bit that makes it tricky.Not intending to be condescending. But "confirmation bias" is the default objectivist response to people who say they hear differences among audio devices and as such is an insult to the intelligence of audiophiles who have spent decades honing their critical listening skills. Confirmation bias exists in the world. For me it is not the automatic fallback explanation for differences you can't explain.
I think you may be missing the criteria for A B A which does not necessarily need to be time intensive. Also one might argue if you need extended listening to be able to hear a difference, is there really a difference?I need a lot of time and listening to several types of recordings to properly evaluate gear. BTW, slavery was abolished in my country more than 300 years ago!
Curious that some - not all surely - A B A fans always refer to cables, expecting naive people to fall in the trap because apparently is a simple experiment to carry and provides an immediate humiliation.
Long thread about nothing but personal preference. That's OK unless/until preference is confused with and promoted as truth.
I think you may be missing the criteria for A B A which does not necessarily need to be time intensive. Also one might argue if you need extended listening to be able to hear a difference, is there really a difference?
Also, my cable example was simply one that I did recently, it could have as easily been an upsampling filter, a subwoofer settings, etc.
No one need prove your preference to you. OTOH, it might be possible for someone to disprove your preference to you depending on the basis for the preference and the tools available. Otherwise, the preference is just evidence of a closed mind.Yes. Your preference is your truth. You are the sole proof of your own preference. No one else can prove your preference to you.
No one need prove your preference to you. OTOH, it might be possible for someone to disprove your preference to you depending on the basis for the preference and the tools available. Otherwise, the preference is just evidence of a closed mind.
FWIW, I'm not one to be hard - scientific results only, I use all tools at my disposal. I think this is one of the shortfalls in our hobby, everyone seems to be hard science (presumed objective) or hard subjective. Both can be used in tandem and can be quite valuable. In any case, happy listening!Sorry I am not interested in the blind test A B A discussions - I know how they end!
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