Analog Or Digital

oliverstoned wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: I've been listening to vinyl at the beginning of the 1990s - on a decent system (dual turntable + musical fidelity amp + magnat speakers), and I did not hear a striking difference between vinyl and CD. Cause you've never heard a good system.

You're such an incredible audio snob oliver ...  too bad that you already admitted in earlier posts that Musical Fidelity amps are at least decent.

You may continue on your quest for the perfect sound with my blessing. Too bad that there will always be a better system than yours, so you'll never ever be able to enjoy music.

I can enjoy music to the fullest with my 70 EUR Logitech speakers, and I wouldn't trade that ability for ANY audiophile system. And NO, that does not imply that I admit that such a system would sound much better. OF course it would be cool to have some chromium plated shiny sparkling tube gizmo with gold plated connectors, silver cables and it's own atom-bomb proof power generator. I'm sure my friends would all go "wow" and come to my place and listen to it at wall-shaking volume, and together with some incense (stencher) and esoteric room interior they would finally agree that it sounds superior to their own system.

All that doesn't matter ... the music is what really matters, and you can enjoy it on ANY system. And yes, you can even enjoy listening to internet radio on 24kbps mono.

Music is the best!

DeepPhreeze wrote: Empathy wrote: DeepPhreeze wrote: For me, since I have almost super-human hearing, I can pick out little tiny details in music most people cannot. Is there ANYthing you don't know or can't do?!?! *sheesh* P.S. - My merely human ears find that digital recordings are more _accurate_, which sometimes isn't as pleasing to the human ear. It was an exaggeration; I have VERY good hearing, but not so good that I can hear EVERYTHING around me. But I can definitely hear the difference between digital and analog. Take 'Wish You Were Here' for instance. On vinyl, the drums are represented fairly. The sound is in no way 'sharp' or 'brash'. On CD or MP3, I have to turn it off because it sounds so... pixellated. Yes. It sounds digitized and it's the equivalent of having a pixellated JPEG. Digital music can only be so accurate in how it represents certain tones, sounds, volume levels... Listen to a live record on LP, and listen to the same recording on CD. I guarantee you will be spoiled after hearing the LP.

I've been listening to vinyl at the beginning of the 1990s - on a decent system (dual turntable + musical fidelity amp + magnat speakers), and I did not hear a striking difference between vinyl and CD.

Come on! Do you honestly believe that CD would have replaced vinyl that quickly and persistently if it really sounds "pixellated"? I have good hearing, I'm a trained musician and I even created some recordings in a home studio back then - we had a small studio (small like: equipment for 10,000 EUR) in our basement, with professional monitors and all.

No sir, there is no striking difference between analog and CD ... unless you're a dog or a cat with hypersonic hearing.

digital. in fact, 99% of time I listen to mp3 (Hi-Q, though).

why? because IT'S SIMPLE.