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Vinyl / High qual analog tape / High-res digital -- One of these is not like the other

One common theme I read on forums here and elsewhere is the view by many that there is a pecking order in quality:

Top - High Quality Analog TapeNext - VinylBottom - Digital

I will go out on a limb and say that most, probably approaching almost all those making the claim have never heard a really good analog tape machine and high resolution digital side by side, and have certainly never heard what comes out the other end when it goes to vinyl, i.e. heard the tape/file that went to the cutter, then compared that to the resultant record?

High quality analog tape and high quality digital sound very similar. Add a bit of hiss (noise) to digital, and it would be very difficult to tell which is which. It is not digital, especially high resolution digital that is the outlier, it is vinyl. It is different from the other two.  Perhaps if more people actually experienced this, they would have a different approach to analog/vinyl?

This post has nothing to do with personal taste. If you prefer vinyl, then stick with it and enjoy it. There are reasons why the analog processing that occurs in the vinyl "process" can result in a sound that pleases someone. However, knowledge is good, and if you are set in your ways, you may be preventing the next leap.
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roberttdid OP
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You are cute when you are triggered. It is easy to tell, your language will become more and more on the vulgar side. You like to dish it out, but you don't take it too well. Isn't that the sign of an insecure bully?
geoffkait23,260 posts07-06-2020 2:40pmStuck in the 80s? Looking in the mirror again, eh, Mr. Know-it-all? I am from the future, but sadly for you it’s not your future because you don’t listen to your superiors. You only run your mouth. That’s why you can’t progress past the newbie stage. God gave you two ears and one mouth for a reason. roberttdid same jackass as roberttcan.

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It appears you’re the one who’s triggered, Mr. Smarty Pants, you’re stalking me so much your nose is probably brown. If I can make a suggestion, go back to whatever backwater school you went to and demand your money back. 
roberttdid OP
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A few days ago I looked my my "Related to you" posts summary. The last word in the first seven entries was by no one other than our illustrious Mr. Pebbles. However, upon inspection, I had posted in 6 of those 7 threads before Mr. Pebbles. You doth protest to much Mr. Pebbles, for the stalker is thee. It would be interesting if you had something remotely worthy of a reasoned response every once in a while, but alas, all I have to look forward to are attempts at pithy ad-homs. How droll (and predictable).


All hail the greatness of the University of Virginia Engineering program:
#39 in Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (tie) At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate


No point in looking at the rankings for post-graduate with you as you never made it past under-grad. I believe you were the butt of a joke in Big-Bang-Theory once.
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geoffkait
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Stop creeping me out. You obviously have deep personality problems. My advice to you is seek professional help. Do it ASAP. And stop stalking me. You are an example,of what happens when you sit in front of an oscilloscope for too long. Before you know it your brain turns to pablum.
roberttdid OP
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I wonder if the irony is lost on Mr. Pebbles that I am the OP for this thread. Yup, pretty much a given.
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