Dear lewm: No it’s not but in this thread some gentlemans like more the additional distortions generated in a non-damped tonearm ot that one That I refereing who posted that the vaccum hold down LP ) after market item suck out the music life and here some one else posted almost the same and the digital alternative is a good example of what we don’t like when something is " overdamped " because is " life less, suck out the music life or something like that ".
It’s clear to me that almost all want to listen not what is in the LP grooves modulations but all the system generated distortions and as greater the best ( for some. ).
"""" But the digital process, both A to D and D to A, brings with it its own set of distortions, ones that apparently are far more noticeable and irritating to the human brain .... """
yes, nothing is perfect but certainly digital has more music information with lower lot lower distortions because what some of you don’t like are lower distortions than what you are accustom to.
Please read again my post and you will " see " " thousands and thousands " of added distortions in the LP experience that does not exist in the digital one. This is a fact.
ct/chris posted a first hand experience between the master tape and the LP same traks and he listening " huge " bass distortions in the LP experience that does not exist in the R2R master tape. Even that all my posts detractors don´t take in count, maybe all they think that can " close " the sun with their finger even that all they know that they can’t.
Now, with the today digital alternative comes a purer music information with lower lower distortions than in the LP experience. That we like it or not is another matter and a confirmation that almost all likes higher distortions and that’s why we don’t like digital alternative that I repeat is nearer to its technology advantages as never before.
D to A and A to D is not any more a problem for our brain. Native 32/384 digital technologies has almost no distortions that can ( as years ago ) offend our " ears " and still today improving each single day.
You only have to read all the new digital items around us as: clock’s, iphones, tv’s , tablets, laptops and the like: incredible all the news about and fortunatelly for us that like the music at home all those digital developments migrate and migrated to our music hobby players.
We still can deny the digital alternative but is useless to do it ( there are not arguments to. ) and instead of that what we must do it is enjoying it along the LP one alternative.
This is what mikelavigne posted last november here in agon:
""" now happening is the Debussy solo piano recording by Ilyn Iten from Wave Kinetics Music. this was recorded last May in upstate New York from the same mic feed in 30ips 1/2" tape and Quad dsd. there will be analog tape offered along with 45rpm pressings, and Quad dsd along with 2xdsd, regular dsd, and all manner of PCM too. not sure there will be a PCM based vinyl pressing, but this recording will certainly demonstrate the best of analog verses the best of digital. right now I have a few cuts from the recording in Quad dsd and it is an outstanding recording. """"
I think every one knows who is ML and knows his Agon virtual system, well on that post please re-read this:
""" I have a few cuts from the recording in Quad dsd and it is an outstanding recording ..."""
If you remember my posts more that 4 years ago I said something very similar to what I posted here: that the digital alternative has more music information and less distortions and this statement not only stay but today improved!! and you said that b" modern " digital become very excellent and you are right.
In my self evaluation methodology/process I use some digital tracks because nothing in the LP can tell me what is really happening down there: I need to hear those track with the lower distortions recorded and digital is a champ.
Btw, if any one of you can enjoy the LP experience in your audio system and can’t enjoy it at least at the same level then you have a system big problem and digital does not counts on that and is not the culprit link and no one needs a digital megabucks player to attest what I'm saying technology and 0s and 1s makes that low distortion music!.
It’s the same when we don’t like a well damped tonearm and we prefer the undamped one: big system problem, that’s all.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.
