When I first heard about a consumer-available CD player back in 1985 under the Kyocera name I bought it...there were others but the same machine...it was $900 or so. I was so excited at first, but after awhile I too got fatigued.
I don't think it's about digital advancements making equipment sound better...and it's now scary-better because my Kyocera sucked and digital has leap-frogged forward since then.
Today, well engineered analog and digital systems can sound fantastic. Hell, I've got a CD Transport and Processer combo that cost as much as my analog front end. Some say that analog has the edge, while others disagree.
Lets put the sonics aside momentarily. When I listen to vinyl, like Johnyb53 experienced with at the demo, I feel more relaxed and I can keep on listening until my wife starts yelling. I'm happy...my feet are tapping. However, I still get fatigued from digital sources and I find myself putting something else on....then something else again. Why is that?
Okay...maybe it's because you have to get off of your butt and deal with the LP, that makes you keep listening to the end of the album side. Well...I think it's because as humans we're analog...our ear drums vibrate...like the stylus...like the transducer...those glowing tubes are just natural...but not like anything digital. When we're all Cylons that will all change...until then...
If you want to get into the groove...you got to play the groove.
I don't think it's about digital advancements making equipment sound better...and it's now scary-better because my Kyocera sucked and digital has leap-frogged forward since then.
Today, well engineered analog and digital systems can sound fantastic. Hell, I've got a CD Transport and Processer combo that cost as much as my analog front end. Some say that analog has the edge, while others disagree.
Lets put the sonics aside momentarily. When I listen to vinyl, like Johnyb53 experienced with at the demo, I feel more relaxed and I can keep on listening until my wife starts yelling. I'm happy...my feet are tapping. However, I still get fatigued from digital sources and I find myself putting something else on....then something else again. Why is that?
Okay...maybe it's because you have to get off of your butt and deal with the LP, that makes you keep listening to the end of the album side. Well...I think it's because as humans we're analog...our ear drums vibrate...like the stylus...like the transducer...those glowing tubes are just natural...but not like anything digital. When we're all Cylons that will all change...until then...
If you want to get into the groove...you got to play the groove.