Ashley & JC's assorted musings

[Filterlab]

Won't sound very good in the corner though.

[anthonyTD]

If you can make out the speaker in the corner.

no idea what speaker that is, though i would guess somone on here can shed some light on it, at least, it looks like its full range though!

[anthonyTD]

Yeah, that's a Tannoy Dreadnought if I'm not mistaken. Rare, mega expensive and THE monitor to use. There's a pair that repeatedly come up on ebay but haven't found a buyer yet. £25k if I remember correctly.

nice one rob,
you must have answered as i was writing my apeal!

[Marco]

Hey David nice pikchoorz, dude

I wonder why they are the most successful recording studio?

They'll certainly make superior quality recordings there than the junk produced by most studios these days!

Analogue recordings will always sound better than digital. Those who disagree fall into one of the following categories:

1) They've never heard the difference properly between both at their best.

2) They have an agenda, i.e. they're in the business of selling digital products.

End of.

One of the best sounds, and certainly one with the highest resolution, is analogue tape. For those who've never heard a good reel-to-reel tape deck, listen to one, and then you'll quickly learn that recording quality has not made any real advances in the last 40-odd years, in fact it has gone backwards.

Marco.

[Filterlab]

nice one rob,
you must have answered as i was writing my apeal!

Nay probs, Vangelis uses / used a pair of those you know.

Analogue recordings will always sound better than digital. Those who disagree fall into one of the following categories:

1) They've never heard the difference between both properly.

2) They have an agenda, i.e. they're in the business of selling digital products.

End of.

No No No NO!

You've missed out the bit in red:

Analogue recordings will always sound better to me than digital. Those who disagree fall into one of the following categories.

It's impossible to categorically state that analogue recordings sound better than digital as others (who don't necessarily fall into either of the narrow categories) may or will disagree. Neither is better, just more suitable for individuals. I prefer the sound of digital, always have, and I have heard some truly extraordinary analogue sources. Still I prefer the sound of digital.

As that's a fact I could state that digital is better, but I won't as it's untrue, as is stating that analogue is better.



Man we've wandered way off topic, but sod it, that's what a forum is for.

[snapper]

Picture showing both speakers and mixing desk.



When I visited they were in the process of ripping out the mixing desk and about to install one they sourced from Holland.

IIRC they said the new mixing desk involved tubes,as well as some new (1963) tube mics.

I just nodded and said 'niiiiice'.

[BlueMax]

Rockfield.

Just pointing out the most successful.

They are not the only one!
I still have a Nakamichi Dragon

[Filterlab]

Ahhh, scrub my comment about the corner then.

[Marco]

Quality, Snaps!

Bluemax,

Nice one. I have CR-7

Rob, with respect, what top-notch analogue set-ups have you owned and used at home?

It's only when you regularly use both types of equipment day in, day out, that you begin to truly appreciate their respective sonic capabilities

I'll bet you anything you like that when you hear my set-up you'll prefer the modified SL-1210 to the Sony, and both are exceptional products.

Also, have you ever heard music on a high quality reel-to-reel tape deck?

Marco.

[Filterlab]

Rob, with respect, what top-notch analogue set-ups have you owned and used at home?

In saying that you're stating that only those who've spent lots and lots of money on one or the other have an opinion on sound quality and what they prefer, which is a little nonsensical. I've heard many systems and the analogue sources have never excited me or made me go 'WOW' whereas the only system that has really caused a mouth drop was one that was fronted by a computer. You know the one I mean. I could spend £100,000 on an analogue source system, but I guarantee that it wouldn't fulfil me in the way that a £100,000 digital source system could, it's my hearing and digital suits it best.

Granted there are some wonderful turntables and wonderful analogue recordings, but that doesn't instantly mean that all digital sources and digital recordings aren't as good, it just means that some people like analogue and some like digital.

Oh, and of course most people on the planet can barely tell the difference anyway, not like us highly tuned audiophiles.