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- From: kanefsky@halcyon.com (Steve Kanefsky)
- Subject: Re: Yamaha E1000 vs Sony TA-E2000ESD
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.204416.25425@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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- References: <C188zI.CJ9@ampex.com> <1993Jan22.192628.8429@hot.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:44:16 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.192628.8429@hot.com> Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com writes:
- >In article <C188zI.CJ9@ampex.com> dna@ampex.com (David Altekruse)
- >writes:
- >> As you state,
- >> analog signals still go through A/D->D/A, however. (Don't ask me
- >> why Sony does it that way, though.)
- >
- >Sony does this because all the equalization, effects, etc is
- >accomplished via the DSP in the digital domain. IMHO, this is a good
- >thing. The alternative would be to have two sets of circuits and
- >needless complexity. If people want a pure analog system, they
- >should purchase a different system.
-
- The question was: Why do analog signals go through the A/D and D/A
- converters when you use source-direct to bypass all DSP functions?
-
- My guess is that there's more than just A/D and D/A going on even when
- you use source-direct -- i.e. there's still something being done in the
- digital domain, and these functions would have to be duplicated with
- additional analog circuitry if there were no A/D and D/A conversion. If
- it were just a matter of bypassing the converters, I'm sure Sony would
- have done it. They even went to the trouble of bypassing the balance
- control in source-direct mode.
-
- Regardless, I don't think audiophiles should worry too much. One of the
- most die-hard analog proponents in rec.audio recently admitted that
- there was negligible difference between the sound of his LPs unprocessed
- and the sound of his LPs processed through good A/D and D/A converters.
- It's the sound of CDs that most analog proponents seem to dislike
- (either the CD's are taking away something that pure A/D and D/A
- processing doesn't (unlikely, IMHO), or LPs are adding something that
- they like (more likely, IMHO)). I think the TA-E2000ESD will stand or
- fall on its analog quality rather than the effects of A/D and D/A
- conversion of analog sources. And if all your important sources come in
- digitally, like mine, the only thing you have to worry about is what
- happens when better D/A converters come along. It will be impossible to
- take advantage of HDCD, for example.
-
- --
- Steve Kanefsky
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