Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Vol IV No 8

An experience I had moments ago may be illustrative in regard to this digital vs. analog argument.  I was listening to Casey Kasem's Top 40 on 102.7 in Miami, which I know is digital because it says so in the closing credits: "digitally re-mastered."  A Steely Dan song was playing when I tuned in and it sounded good - I couldn't tell it was digital.  I experienced a momentary panic: "Maybe my whole ideology is mistaken!"  Then I turn up the volume.  Aha!  In an all-analog version, the sound becomes richer and remains focused.  Here it became obvious the sound was all shot through with idle speaker cone movement.

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