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- From: khiggins@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ken Higginson)
- Subject: Re: Digital vs. Analog
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.071247.2458@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 07:12:47 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.052258.12813@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> kyoung@nyx.cs.du.edu (Kris Young) writes:
- >Here's one for everyone to think about. When I first listened to the new
- >digital CD's and such (as opposed to old analog LP's, cassetes), I noticed
- >how nice, clear and noise free it was. I also noticed that many subtle
- >things in the music are much easier to hear. However, when I really started
- >to get in to digital, I noticed that something is missing. I saw a news
- >report on eMpTytV that had a lot of artists bantering about on this point.
- >There was the Dave Mustaine side of it "The people who switched from analog
- >to digital and back to analog did it because they suck, and digital brings
- >this out in the open." Then there's the argument that inflections and reverbs
- >are altered or lost in the sampling process. I don't know about everyone else,
- >but when I listen to an old album or LP (Moving Pictures, for instance), I
- >seem to notice that it has lots more energy behind it, even though the clarity suffers.
- >
- > I was wondering about this, because the world has begun to hit heavily
- >in digital, perhaps not knowing that something is not quite right. I hear the
- >digitally recorded RUSH stuff and wonder what could be... What does everyone
- >else think? Have we lost something? Are we moving in the wrong direction?
- >Definitely a point to ponder.
- >
- >Kris
-
- Really? I listen to MP and have to turn it up a lot...
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- Isn't it a lot quieter than newer stuff? I think it is..
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- And why does Caress Of Steel sound so damn good? It's amazing!
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- I'll take DDD every day... That stuff on the CD case that says "there is
- no difference" is crap... Buy a decent stereo and listen to it. (not
- you, I was talking to the idiots who wrote that stuff on the CD)
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