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<blockquote data-quote="ciaonzo" data-source="post: 8644811" data-attributes="member: 607015"><p>Semantically speaking, yes, all playback systems will have problems, not just CD or Vinyl. The point is to go with something that sounds alive. </p><p>Of course reel to reel sounds better than CD, it's analog. That's the same point I was making with regards to LP, it's analog. The greater point is that any digital waveform will always be striving to sound as good as an analog waveform but it will always be tiny little stairsteps with jagged edges being converted and converted and converted by processors and clocks that suffer from jitter. Digital will always be attempting to sound like analog, that's the point of increasing the resolution so that the jagged steps get small enough to fool our brain, and it's finally getting there with the help of today's best DAC/preamps with precision clocks, uber-high quality opamps like Burson discrete circuits, tube buffers (for further smoothing and warmth), and the hi res files that do not randomly remove vitally important bits of information that have nothing to do with frequency response, but more to do with spacial cues and the fractal nature of music. Fractals are why analog sounds better than digital, regardless of the noise that comes along with it. The cherry on top of these high resolution files and DACs is the much better noise performance with many serving up 112dB-120dB. That is only a minor portion of the overall performance but it does allow you to hear deeper into the details of the recordings(provided the content possesses the detail in the first place).</p><p></p><p>Anyhow, I quite like the crackling of a record. Something cozy about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ciaonzo, post: 8644811, member: 607015"] Semantically speaking, yes, all playback systems will have problems, not just CD or Vinyl. The point is to go with something that sounds alive. Of course reel to reel sounds better than CD, it's analog. That's the same point I was making with regards to LP, it's analog. The greater point is that any digital waveform will always be striving to sound as good as an analog waveform but it will always be tiny little stairsteps with jagged edges being converted and converted and converted by processors and clocks that suffer from jitter. Digital will always be attempting to sound like analog, that's the point of increasing the resolution so that the jagged steps get small enough to fool our brain, and it's finally getting there with the help of today's best DAC/preamps with precision clocks, uber-high quality opamps like Burson discrete circuits, tube buffers (for further smoothing and warmth), and the hi res files that do not randomly remove vitally important bits of information that have nothing to do with frequency response, but more to do with spacial cues and the fractal nature of music. Fractals are why analog sounds better than digital, regardless of the noise that comes along with it. The cherry on top of these high resolution files and DACs is the much better noise performance with many serving up 112dB-120dB. That is only a minor portion of the overall performance but it does allow you to hear deeper into the details of the recordings(provided the content possesses the detail in the first place). Anyhow, I quite like the crackling of a record. Something cozy about it. [/QUOTE]
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