Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital"

My response to you would be not to post such silly things. DACs output analog signals, not bits and bytes

Correct audio2design. Bad analogy dutchydog. Call a fax machine. Listen and you will hear the sound of computers talking. That is what digital sounds like. 

Excellent post Mahgister. Recording engineers,  musicians and vocalists choose mics like we choose phono cartridges.

Excellent post Mahgister. Recording engineers, musicians and vocalists choose mics like we choose phono cartridges.

You dont read my posts anymore remember?

My point is that CHOOSING a mic type and the LOCATION for recording an instrument timbre is a trade off then no recording is a perfect reproduction only a TRADE-OFF ...

Then if we want to stay with facts no recording mic reproduce perfectly a timbre only partially and differently in relation between his particular type and all his possible locations....Nevermind them if you choose a dac or a vinyl format.... The situation is the SAME....It is a RECREATION from the start....Then all the argument about mathematical superiority of the digital is beside the essential point....

By the way choosing mic and location is an art based science.... Some sound engineers EARS are famous, most are not....





Is your vocation to be the Sancho Panza behind Quixote digital war against turntable and tweeakers the essential fact of your audio life?


« The composer Philippe Manoury (1991) observed that “One of the most striking paradoxes concerning timbre is that when we knew less about it, it didn’t pose much of a problem. »

"The composer Philippe Manoury (1991) observed that "One of the most striking paradoxes concerning  timbre is that when we knew less about it, it didn't  pose much  of a problem. "

Boy did he nail it!!!   Timbre and tone are most important elements of music.  Attack and dynamics should also be included.  The good news, for the marketers, is most people lack the ability,  exposure,  or desire  to understand the true fundamentals  of music.  But there are plenty  of  audiophiles who pretend  they know.  Of course the easy way to tell this is when they throw in all the silly explanations of what music sounds like and the graphs, charts, etc...  Another  dead giveaway  is it sounds better across  the board.  Most things in music have trade offs.

Enjoy the ride
Tom