Re: PCM not good for general health. Well - it didn't help me!

Posted by freddyi on October 29, 2000 at 15:37:07

In Reply to: Re: PCM not good for general health. posted by SETdude on October 29, 2000 at 14:24:18:

Gee - I'm in pretty poor shape - also have had difficulty relaxing to compact discs - on most sytems my 1st instinct is to shut if off. I can play the CD of Electric Ladyland for a couple of minutes on my solid-state system and on the record player using either my mod push-pull 6BX7 triode EICO ST-70 or homemade parallel 2A3 SE amp with a decent mu-folloer preamp the record sounds much more dynamic and REAL(speakers are Edgarhorns). I've got GERD, ssleep apnea, balance problems - might as well blame it on PCM! (I have used PCM recorders which interfaced with VCR's with moderate success for recording trash bands - theres always an info loss compared to the input)

I think PCM sounds 'homogenized'/with a 'glare' - sometimes a leading 'transient sounds on the verge of digital 'skipping' - some DDD CD's have a 'spittle' noise whish is highly unlistenable. Teh best CD's sometimes are those mastered from good analog tapes - not sure if the tape noise 'dithers' (?)

Now - I notice that the kids today can superfically tolerate about anything digital - must be a 'precedence' effect where I grew up with tube technology. Now whether these kids 'relax' to the music is another question - do they look laid back?

freddy

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Topic - PCM not good for general health. - Jack Gilvey 14:10:51 10/29/00 (13)

PCM responsible for High School shootings, loose teenage morals, the rise in Prozac and Rytalin useage, and the Rosie O'Donnell Show.....:-) - -Steve 10:30:23 10/30/00 (4)

I can forgive all except Rosie. (nt) - Jack Gilvey 06:08:00 10/31/00 (0)

Question for Steve about the 1.1 - Gary Susott 11:56:46 10/30/00 (2)

Re: Question for Steve about the 1.1 - -Steve 13:05:05 10/30/00 (0)

Re: Question for Steve about the 1.1 - Les Lammers 12:28:56 10/30/00 (0)

Re: PCM not good for general health. - Gary Susott 06:44:31 10/30/00 (0)

Re: PCM not good for general health. - StephÃ¦n 18:13:59 10/29/00 (0)

Re: PCM not good for general health. - SETdude 14:24:18 10/29/00 (5)

Re: PCM not good for general health. Well - it didn't help me! - freddyi 10/29/0015:37:07 10/29/00 (4)

Better health with an upsampling processor - try it! (nt) - John C. - Aussie 15:43:14 10/29/00 (3)

Re: Better health with an upsampling processor - Please explain - freddyi 16:08:41 10/29/00 (2)

Have a look at - - John C. - Aussie 18:32:27 10/29/00 (1)

Yep! Like my Densen baby...<nt> - Graham C 03:28:09 10/30/00 (0)

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Re: PCM not good for general health. Well - it didn't help me! - freddyi 10/29/0015:37:07 10/29/00 (4)

Better health with an upsampling processor - try it! (nt) - John C. - Aussie 15:43:14 10/29/00 (3)

Re: Better health with an upsampling processor - Please explain - freddyi 16:08:41 10/29/00 (2)

Have a look at - - John C. - Aussie 18:32:27 10/29/00 (1)

Yep! Like my Densen baby...<nt> - Graham C 03:28:09 10/30/00 (0)

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