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Old February 21st 11, 06:53 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Keith G[_2_]
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:
One day Joe Ordinaire will wake up to the fact that 'digital' has done
him no real favours - especially when it comes to music.


That comment simply says you have no grasp of the issues.



And yours that you don't see the bigger picture - i.e. past 'plentiful,
cheap crap' which has no real value or long-lasting appeal.



Digital recording made a huge difference to vinyl - for a start. Ended the
need for direct cut recordings where the very best results were required.



Like in photography these days, you can 'Photoshop' any crap into some
semblance of respectability?

See: "But the gain in sound quality was considered worth the trouble. (As
typical commercial Lp releases were cut from fourth-generation analog tape
copies, the improvement in sound offered by eliminating all those layers of
tape and electronics was not illusory.)"

he

http://www.auldworks.com/AESDD/dd1.htm



You seem to think analogue means perfection.



No, but I certainly think good analogue beats digital in anything which
interacts with the human senses.


Perhaps you don't remember
just how poor the average cassette recording was.



No, not really - I never got into them and what I did hear was only on a car
radio/cassette or the kids' cheapo portable cassette decks.

NP. Senor Coconut And His Orchestra 'Behind The Mask' at 45rpm - ********y
'disco' music really, but *stunning* sound quality! :-)