Vinyl Asylum: What if it happened differently? by John Elison

Vinyl Asylum: What if it happened differently? by John Elison

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What if it happened differently?

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John Elison

In Reply to: Here's how it happened. posted by mosin on December 4, 2005 at 08:58:20:

What if you never left vinyl but you kept buying digital equipment until one day you discovered that digital sounded better than vinyl. You discovered that digital recordings made with proper dither and played back on low jitter players with outstanding analog electronics sounded better than your best vinyl. Then you came into some money and you decided to upgrade your vinyl front end to the tune of $15,000 and low and behold, digital still sounded better. After that you knew that digital beat vinyl every time and you can't understand why all these vinyl enthusiasts can't hear the same thing you hear. You definitely hear the difference between CDs and LPs, but you prefer CDs every time. Then you get a real good high-resolution digital recorder and copy LP's to digital, and low and behold, the digital copies sound just like vinyl. This pretty much confirms all the distortion measurements you've read about relative to the two formats and you know beyond reasonable doubt that the difference in sound quality between digital and vinyl is totally due to significantly greater distortion produced by the vinyl format.
What if it happened like that?
Best regards,
John Elison

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Topic - Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital - Balance 08:29:26 12/4/05 ( 47)

Re: Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital - Queg 12:08:52 12/5/05 ( 0)
Re: Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital - John Elison 06:29:56 12/5/05 ( 2)
- To each his own! nt - risabet 18:20:24 12/5/05 ( 1)
  - There ya go! (nt) - John Elison 21:52:27 12/5/05 ( 0)
My best-ever digital system cost way less than $1K - Dave Pogue 06:06:14 12/5/05 ( 0)
Re: Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital - Evil Seav 20:30:26 12/4/05 ( 0)
To me, my analog vs my digital is a toss up... - NewStevo 20:16:18 12/4/05 ( 0)
not really - OMalley 16:49:38 12/4/05 ( 0)
I've had the opportunity to test digital gear... - EdAInWestOC 16:41:33 12/4/05 ( 0)
Why I dumped $$$ into analog vs. digital. - Supernaught 16:37:45 12/4/05 ( 0)
Some of have compared more expensive digital front-ends to our analog front ends - rlindsa 15:54:19 12/4/05 ( 0)
Actually it's pretty obvious that you didn't read the entire thread! - Ray-o-Stat 14:30:09 12/4/05 ( 0)
a great number of CDPs are disposable. - hifitommy 13:24:06 12/4/05 ( 0)
Re: Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital - CAFC 11:43:45 12/4/05 ( 0)
I went up to $3500 digital front end, with SACD, still analog is better. - jdaniel 10:43:15 12/4/05 ( 0)
Your premise is flawed to start with, but . . . - HenryH 10:11:32 12/4/05 ( 7)
- wrong on all counts - redneckaudio 12:17:20 12/4/05 ( 0)
- So your basically saying that to better Digital you need thousands spent on Vinyl, (n/t) - Balance 12:04:27 12/4/05 ( 5)
  - No. Read my post again. . . if trolls can read, which I doubt. /nt\ - HenryH 12:43:20 12/4/05 ( 1)
    - By attacking "trolls" are you really saying "stay out of this site"? - lpspinner 08:07:46 12/5/05 ( 0)
  - Re: So your basically saying that to better Digital you need thousands spent on Vinyl, (n/t) - CAFC 12:13:59 12/4/05 ( 2)
    - I'm thinking the same thing. /nt\ - HenryH 12:43:58 12/4/05 ( 1)
      - Not true. Also Henry, you add nothing to this thread - Balance 22:35:32 12/4/05 ( 0)
You have the cart before the horse - - kavakidd 08:58:01 12/4/05 ( 8)
- Yep... - JoeLip 21:44:11 12/4/05 ( 2)
  - Re: Yep... - kavakidd 21:56:08 12/4/05 ( 1)
    - Re: Yep... - JoeLip 12:11:38 12/5/05 ( 0)
- Exactly! Also, quite a few of the "nuts" here don't have all that much tied up in our analog systems. - Dick Schneiders 11:49:12 12/4/05 ( 3)
  - No question - many inexpensive analog systems - kavakidd 20:06:15 12/4/05 ( 1)
    - Yes, sorry, I meant the original poster when I said "you". (n/t) - Dick Schneiders 03:52:08 12/5/05 ( 0)
  - Re: Exactly! Also, quite a few of the "nuts" here don't have all that much tied up in our analog systems. - fdrennen 12:05:36 12/4/05 ( 0)
- You present a very good point of view that I never thought of and..... - Balance 10:06:27 12/4/05 ( 0)
This thread was dedicated to those ONLY who have a fraction spent on Digital compared to Analog. - Balance 08:53:37 12/4/05 ( 1)
- Sure they can ... - reelsmith. 08:58:47 12/4/05 ( 0)
Re: Precentage Thread Below - It's pretty obvious why your guys prefer Analog to Digital - mosin 08:49:53 12/4/05 ( 1)
- ditto - redneckaudio 12:18:52 12/4/05 ( 0)
No ... - reelsmith. 08:45:33 12/4/05 ( 2)
- Okay, then you have a right to speak, but the others, C'MON! (n/t) - Balance 08:51:00 12/4/05 ( 1)
  - But your TT is far more expensive than your CDP (nt) - Supernaught 16:45:40 12/4/05 ( 0)
It's pretty obvious where you're going with this - Bersani 08:44:59 12/4/05 ( 7)
- LOL, you are partially correct but..... - Balance 08:49:38 12/4/05 ( 6)
  - Re: LOL, you are partially correct but..... - Bersani 09:04:03 12/4/05 ( 0)
  - Here's how it happened. - mosin 08:58:20 12/4/05 ( 4)
    - What if it happened differently? - John Elison 12/5/05 22:24:01 12/5/05 ( 0)
    - Re: Here's how it happened. - 33 1/3 13:34:23 12/4/05 ( 0)
    - Yup. - Bry 11:05:32 12/4/05 ( 1)
      - me too - OMalley 19:25:45 12/4/05 ( 0)