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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
I've never understood audiophiles.
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art is like a person's individual taste in food, drinks and women, it is best not to try to understand it, it only cheapens the moment
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Originally Posted by hevusa
Digital has caught up and surpassed analog. You forget... analog = friction. Where there is friction there is unneeded noise. Not so with digital. Analog is on its way out my friend. Sorry to be the bringer of bad news.
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not true. the digital remastering can more easily remove tape noise then it can overcome its own inherent flaws in regards to clipping and its limits in audio capacities. Sounds waves vibrate at much more minute frequency differentials then computer technology can convert such things into 1s and 0s (trust me, your ear should be able to hear the difference) .. sure, the technology can reproduce a recorded sound with crystal clarity, but I have yet to hear a purely digital recording of analog, live instruments (hip-hop and electronic music is different of course) that can reproduce the same true-to-ear sound that a good tape can capture..
but I am a musician, my bias is trying to capture obscure sounds out of my head and a few peak moments on my instruments and get them on tape, and in my experience, listening to both live music, listening to bands recording and rehearsing, and in my own recording efforts, I rarely hear straight-to-digital recordings what I hear in real life with my decent two ears.
like I said, I prefer the best of both worlds. Record on tape to get the best sound possible, then use digital tools to sharpen it up, its not really that much an issue, it is the preference of many many folks already, despite what Bobby Digital told y'all