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OK Martin I've got your point, that you have made on numerous posts before.
A digital COPY is a digital copy and is all we need for music storage given adequate bit depth.
However it could be like saying I have xyz vinyl on my shelf, it's no good until it is reproduced on the TT.
Or it's like saying I have a digital copy of SOS in my brain, or other storage media, which is of no use unless it is transmitted or communicated to somebody else.
So analogue and digital convergence must include the replay chain in this instance, otherwise it's very difficult to hear and appreciate it.
You’re right, I should not have used the word bright, but hopefully some of you can attest to my experience that some stereos that are detailed, when you hear them you may notice new things in old recordings, but you find that you are analyzing all the music you play! Listening deeper, for more detail, taking mental notes. That is not the stereo I want to own.
Russell
Our hearing has evolved to listen in a distorted aural environment so that is probably why we like a bit of distortion added?
If you stand in a wood on a windy day and listen to 2 birds in different positions you will still be able to judge where they are (behind, to the side or in front) even though you have lots of other noise around you distorting the sound. The brain compensates and you can make a very good assessment of the sound - millions of years of evolution to get to that point.
Introduce digital (last 40 years?) err brain cannot compute. Alien sound which hearing/brain has not evolved yet to compensate for digital waveform. Yes you can hear a sound but it is not natural analogue so still doesn't sound right.
THE CLOSER DIGITAL GETS TO ANALOGUE THE BETTER IT WILL SOUND. Simple
I know this will start a fight!
Back when Digital was first coming around, it seems to me I read some articles about adding dither. Anyone else remember that? Do modern digital converters add dither anymore? I’m not even exact on what dither was? It was a long time ago. But basically, they added noise to Digital playback to make it sound more natural. Please, correct me if I’m wrong. I’m not even sure what it has to do with the thread? But it’s interesting.
Russell
Dither is adding white noise. Its used usually when you reduce high bit to lower bit recordings, as you get truncation errors which can patternise and become audible and annoying, so dither breaks them up
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That wouldn't be a way of adding distortion to digital would it?