Dear friends: I want to return a little about our analog imperfect world. It is imperfect because the " medium " is an imperfect one but the imperfections growing-up to fast on each link in the whole analog chain starting/begining with the recording sessions: choice of micros, choice of micro recording positions, choice of cables on those micros, choice of tape recording machine and the tape it self, reconding console, enginner whole priorities, choice of vynil material, choose of head-cutters, choice..., choice, choice, etc, etc
We don't have any control on the recording process and as you imagine in each link on that recording process the signal suffer a different kind of degradation, so when we " receive " that heavy degraded signal the best we can do ( in theory ) is to mantain it with no additional degradation ( impossible that this can happen. ).
There are so many places where the signal goes worst and worst due to its native imperfect " world " and it is not only that those different links made/makes a constant signal degradation but you can take the RIAA double process ( first one at the recording and the inverse one in the phono stage ) where the signal manipulation is to heavy.
Why I point out these facts ( and many other that exist. )?
Well, I think that we can do better if the designers/builder of audio items put on the market products that through an analisis of the real analog medium/customers needs can " cope " some of those imperfections, I mean that those audio items could help to the whole reproduction process trying not only add the less and lose the less but " understanding " things like : why we need that " perfect center " mechanism in TT? why we need neutral product quality performnce? why we need flat speaker electrical impedance? why we need extremly lower distortion figures on electronics? why we need lower output impedance on amplifiers?, why..., why... and why's.
We can take an example that almost no one cares about ( the why's ), today the LP industry are growing-up through new realeases and re-issues with several small manufacturers ( that live from the customers. ) where I think they can/could put a little care to the LP process will assured that LP perfect center hole: well no one of them cares about!!!!!
Almost all audio items out there I think were designed with out take in count real several Why's, so that's one reason why we always are on the tweacks: we need FINISHED audio items, not an easy task but we all ( customers an audio industry ) have to try about.
Things are hard for we customers to achieve good quality performance in our home audio systems: it is a " long long road to home ".
One way to make things " easy " and better is through the designers/builders of audio items. Of course that like I post it is not easy and not because they are not good enough to do it ( I honest think that they can do it ) but because we have to be ready to pay for those " great " and useful audio items.
Many of us already made/making audio items with that " philosophy " in mind and I'm sure that we follow making in the future but what we need is that the " full commercial " audio items industry take this kind of " road ".
I always say that we need to grow-up ( real grow-up in the right direction. ) but IMHO this is almost impossible if the whole audio industry ( recording, designers, builders, reviewers, dealers and customers. ) does not grow-up.
Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.
