When are you too Old !

[RedRide]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

I don't have to define SPL rig. You know it means.

Keep on the roll about analog formats. I'm sure your insistence of analog format supreme excellence will change the industry.

This isn't the thread to re-start your analog vs digital argument.

...and yes, you're right. high dynamic range analog is better than compressed crap. I also generally agree about the modern vs "classic" amplifiers. Still, this also shows that you haven't listened to a properly setup full range D class amplifier setup. I can't tell an appreciable difference in sound quality between (for instance) the 2011 IASCA Expert Solo 1 seat world championship vehicle using JL HD/750 class D amplifiers on each speaker versus my "classic" A/B surfboards and the "smaller" A/B 4 channel. We're using the same format of source and the same line of speakers. The only difference is in amplifier power and slight differences in processing.

Are you arguing that a modern class D amps sounds great?
I never said that they did not and...... I've heard plenty.
I just said that a quality vintage amp sounds just as good while being less efficient.

As far as anilog vs digital, if ones knows anothing about digital sound they would be aware that digital can not reproduce every nuance of sound as anilog can. This is one of the reasons that anilog can often sound better.
Yes, high bitrate digital can often sound great but there is a difference in a Blind A/B test with high qualty aniolog.

Yeah, I know what "SPL" means but why call something a "SPL rig" ..... a "high SPL rig" yes , but both are just another name for high volume and neither one has anything to do with sound quality. It's all just pretentious BS IMO.

[why?]

Originally Posted by RedRide

Are you arguing that a modern class D amps sounds great?
I never said that they did not and...... I've heard plenty.
I just said that a quality vintage amp sounds just as good while being less efficient.

As far as anilog vs digital, if ones knows anothing about digital sound they would be aware that digital can not reproduce every nuance of sound as anilog can. This is one of the reasons that anilog can often sounds better.
Yes, high bitrate digital can often sound great but there is a difference in a Blind A/B test with high qualty aniolog.

Yeah, I know what "SPL" means but why call something a "SPL rig" ..... a "high SPL rig" yes , but both are just another name for high volume and neither one has anything to do with sound quality. It's all just pretentious BS IMO.

so you are basically claiming that todays multimillion dollar recording studios that record everything right on to a hard drive are crap. Sure, and if you buy that I have a bridge to sell you.

[RedRide]

Originally Posted by why?

so you are basically claiming that todays multimillion dollar recording studios that record everything right on to a hard drive are crap. Sure, and if you buy that I have a bridge to sell you.

Sometimes, yes and I'm far from the only one who says this. Google it.

BTW, Multi million dollar recording studios?
With that remark you revealed that you know little abiout the recording process and the electronics/ hardware involved.

Multi million dollars to record a song and save it to a HDD?

There is an old computer saying " Garbage in.... garbage out" and digital music is simply a computer program and it's no better than what was originally digitally saved to a HDD. I suggest you educate yourself how digital music/sounds are actually created.

A digital recording may sound great to anyone who does not have an identical anilog recording/ playback of the identical source material to make an imediate A/B comparison but, digital is certainly is not 100% identical to the original sound..... close but not 100%
When CDs first became avaliable, most complained that they all sounded too harsh and artificial and they were 100% correct. Now, people who have no real experience with quality anilog have nothing to compare a CD to and think that digital is the absoute best because it is....... digital as if digital is some kind of magical medium.

However, there is a world wide resurgence of vinyl records among some young audiophiles as they discover how great they can sound (through a quality playback system) compared to their counterpart CDs. MP3s are a distant 3rd.
http://www.startribune.com/entertain...148220015.html

Digital does it make it much easier to reproduce and distribute (cheaper) copy after copy and this is one of the reasons why the recording companies promoted them in the begining. Then, the general public got on the "convenience" bandwagon.
However, it all backfired on them in the end.

I'm not saying that digital does not have a purpose.... I got a mp3 and CD players..
I'm just saying that anilog has the potential of being better qualty even it it lacks the portability/convenience of digital.