In Reply to: RE: About depth of field with digital posted by huubdas on May 8, 2015 at 05:22:58:
"As you know every minus 6 dB on CD means 1 bit less resolution. Ambiance, "depth", natural sound rendering all are minus 20 to minus 60 dB very low level signal. These can't be reproduced like with the best analogue recordings, vinyl, reel to reel. That's why "depth" on CD is alway's artificially added by digital sound processors to suggest some depth/ambiance, even on reissues."
A properly dithered 16 bit PCM recording will have no problem conveying all the "ambiance" found in the recording. The noise floor and levels of distortion found in typical records and tapes are much higher and do obscure fine musical detail. Digital sound processing such as Dolby ProLogic II can add depth to stereo recordings through delay and phase manipulation, and can be very effective when judiciously applied.
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