RE: Ask an Audio geek
April 11, 2016 at 9:02 pm
(This post was last modified: April 11, 2016 at 9:03 pm by ignoramus.)
Agree and disagree.
The inherent lack of freq response from analogue kills it for me.
Also, agree, it can sound stunning using stunning gear!
For the vast majority, digital is better by far.
There was issues in the early days of cd, some argued that 16 bits of resolution wasn't enough.
On normal reasonable quality hardware, digital will win.
The analogue argument, I believe is invalid. Sure, most instruments are analogue, but that certainly doesn't imply that you need an analogue medium to reproduce it best. How you record and store information should be as accurate as possible, hence digital. Again, it comes down to the master and mixing. It can sound dry and clinical. Blame the arrangers, mixers and producers, not the digital medium. That's like shooting the postman.
The inherent lack of freq response from analogue kills it for me.
Also, agree, it can sound stunning using stunning gear!
For the vast majority, digital is better by far.
There was issues in the early days of cd, some argued that 16 bits of resolution wasn't enough.
On normal reasonable quality hardware, digital will win.
The analogue argument, I believe is invalid. Sure, most instruments are analogue, but that certainly doesn't imply that you need an analogue medium to reproduce it best. How you record and store information should be as accurate as possible, hence digital. Again, it comes down to the master and mixing. It can sound dry and clinical. Blame the arrangers, mixers and producers, not the digital medium. That's like shooting the postman.
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