Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people.

If a good CD is recorded to reel, the playback is pure "analog". What you have, is a noise free LP.

I guess it depends on your definition of a "good CD"?
What is the recording DNA of said CD to qualify?

Everyone is going to have a differing opinion and that is just about where this thread stands right now. Difference of opinions only.

orpheus
If a good CD is recorded to reel, the playback is pure "analog". What you have, is a noise free LP.

>>>>>Unfortunately for that theory the noise and distortion occurs as soon as the laser reads the CD. And the missing information and noise cannot be corrected by any means. The best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry.

Some people take that word "opinion" off into the wild blue yonder; however, since most of us agree that R2R is the ultimate reference in regard to recorded music, we can proceed from that point.


Digital or analog is not an audible difference or qualification, since all music is analog, which is why digital must be converted into analog in order to be music, otherwise it would be pure noise.

It's the quality of the components in this conversion that determine the quality of the music. While the audible difference between SS and Tubes has some merits; lately, that "digital", "analog" has gotten very foggy. An example is recording a CD to reel; that playback is 100% analog, that's not opinion, but scientific fact, and the proof lies in the manner in which that process is carried out to it's conclusion.

Although I rest my case on science, the bottom line audio speaks for it self, in which case all one needs is a good pair of discerning ears.

SS versus tubes; here is a case of some like vanilla while others like strawberry. While I can accept a tube pre, and a SS amp; I wont go beyond that; never a SS pre-amp. Many times companies will manufacture a SS amp, but with a tube pre.

In the case of tube phonos, it is the tube itself that determines the end result, as much as the quality of the unit; which is why "Uncle Kevin" is always promoting tubes.


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These tubes will make a big difference in a tube phono, and that's not my opinion but an auditory fact; as a matter of fact, I will live without my TT until these are back in the phono.

All is not opinion, there are some clear audible facts.

Orpheus.

While I do not question your logic that still did not answer my question of what or who defines a "good CD"

Are we defining from a personal viewpoint or a provenance of recording viewpoint?

Which is where I was going with opinion.

Your opinion and my opinion could be polar opposite on that count and yet both could be equally correct dependent on the criteria of said " good CD".