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To: Squawk 8888

No matter how “clean and pure” your digital sound is, it is still utterly soulless. All the harmonics and the sounds above and below human hearing have been filtered out, leaving the skeleton of the music. The ONLY thing you hear are the tones from 20Hz to 20KHz. The closest analogy I can think of is: digital sounds like flat soda tastes. The flavour is there, but the sparkle is gone.

For those that only listen to music under poor acoustic conditions, digital is competent but not ideal. Under good acoustic conditions, analogue quality absolutely demolishes digital.


12 posted on 11/23/2023 6:31:37 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: Don W

CDs (44k) still resolve to 22 kHz, while most adults top out at 15-18kHz. 196k MP3s are overkill.


14 posted on 11/23/2023 6:35:22 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (I don't run; if you see me running, you should run too.)
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