Recent content by VOE

Anyone who believes any CD sounds more like real music than an Lp is....well......I'm speechless

This is surreal folks! You ask what "better" means in the context of a Hi-Fi forum where (presumably? I do wonder sometimes) the aim is to surely identify the kit which can extract the most information from the source (Lp, CD, digital file) as possible and reproduce it in the most authentic and...

Are you trying to be deliberately awkward or does it come naturally? BETTER AT REPRODUCING MUSIC

"DDD" = Didactic Digital Dictators ? *aggressive* Yes, some people here agree that they like the sound of vinyl and yes some also say "it's ok to like it but please admit it's technically inferior" or "just because it sounds better to you doesn't mean it is better or prove anything - it's your...

You're all in denial. I swear that you'd refuse to accept what unquestionably sounds better to most people even if your own ears also told you it sounded better. Oh wait a minute, we're being lectured about the placebo effect so you're right, you shouldn't trust your own ears. Next time I want...

How can it be "technically superior" if it sounds poor? Sorry I don't buy the argument that it is automatically superior. Digital media storage might well be technically better not to mention more convenient but in my view, if it doesn't sound better, it isn't better. This is a Hi-Fi forum isn't...

I'd also take the "Wadia challenge". I'm glad David brought this up - these CDP's are, for me, one of the classic examples of the proof that not all digital sounds the same. I think a few people honestly believe ANY transport, including cheap PC types, inputting into a DAC of their choice will...

Yes, Michael Fremer's site is called "Analogue Planet" and he makes no issue of the fact that he is a vinyl fan and has consistently despised digital since 1982. The question you should ask is WHY? Why not jump for digital if it is superior and sounds better? Someone who has grown up listening...

Really? You think most of the members of Steve Hoffman's forum are young? I'd put a wager on the age of the majority of members being somewhere between 45-60. I only thing I'd agree with matt49 about is the music choice. Clearly the vinyl resurgence is driven by popular music choices...

There are plenty of websites and forums that argue the superiority of analogue better than I ever could: Steve Hoffman and Analogue Planet are two for a start. I think this forum is the rare example arguing the superiority of digital?

If it is solely mastering responsible for making vinyl sound better, then those who believe this must accept that there is an industry wide "conspiracy" at work to rid the world of digital in favour of superior analogue? Why else would they make vinyl sound better and CD worse deliberately if...

Ever seen a stepped sine wave? Clearly you haven't!

The Foo Fighters are only doing what Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Peter Buck (R.E.M.) and many others did before them: discovering that the "digital revolution" was a bit of a con and that analogue tape recordings when played back in the studio sounded identical to what they had just played...

You have got to be kidding me! I don't buy the argument that it's all in the mastering choices either. The team who remastered The Beatles In Mono for CD also did the vinyl. They were trying in BOTH mediums to get the very best sound they could within the limitations of the media without...

Reading the Analogue Planet website and the (many) reviews of Michael Fremer including the most recent and important reviews of The Beatles Mono Vinyl set, does make me wonder if analogue is far better than digital. I bought the Mono Beatles vinyl box today and as many reviewers have said, it...