08-Dec-2017, 07:43
(08-Dec-2017, 07:42)Blackmorec Wrote: With the utmost respect to the OP, this sounds like a load of rubbish. It’s just a rehash of the old Tube vs. Solid-State debate
Analog warmth isn’t the addition of artefacts to the sound, its the removal of ‘naturalness’. Like trying to reproduce the smell and atmosphere of a pine forest. You can analyse the components of the ‘smell’ all you want but you’ll never artificially recreate that special magic and you’ll always prefer the real thing.
In digital, you’re not listening to music, you're listening to maths. It’s far, far removed from the original music
Take a great analog system, reduce or remove as many of the artefacts as possible discussed in the article and does it sound more like digital? No. It sounds more like the original.
The first attempt at digital sounded horrible. Over the years that gap has closed and it now sounds less horrible and at times quite excellent. But a good turntable with ALL its physical limitations and clunky ‘antique’ technology still sounds better. Added artefacts? No. Less subtractions.....less distance between the original and reproduction. How do you improve analog? Less of everything discussed in the article....not their addition.
Wow, so much voodoo and bad science in this post.
