Do you think that if/when DVD music discs start appearing, will their
more-than-double sampling rate (96K) make them sound closer to vinyl? Vinyl
sound sure is smoothe.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dirk Wright <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Sticking with Film and Vinyl (was "OM to Digital")
>
> >
> >I'm seriously starting to believe that, in practical terms, film is
> more
> >archival and I intend to shoot film as long as possible. Several of
> my
> >Beatles CDs are starting to go to pot. John Lennon is totally missing
> on a
> >couple tracks and Paul McCartney is truly dead on others. The vinyl
> on the
> >other hand is still perfect, and it always sounded better anyway.
> >
>
> I have a medium sized vinyl collection, about thousand LP's. Mostly
> Jazz, flamenco guitar, some pop and classical and "other." I have a hot
> rodded ancient AR turntable and a custom tube preamp I designed. I used
> to be a complete audio nut, but I'm more relaxed now. For outdated
> photos of my system in my living room, see: http://invalid.ed.unit.no/
> ~dunker/diy_hrn.html Scroll down to about the middle of the page for a
> written description and photos. The open reel is long gone, as are the
> preamp and amp. But the monster horn loudspeakers remain. Horns rule!
>
> >I take it as a warning. On the other hand, like vinyl, film will
> probably
> >reach it's height of perfection just at the point when you can no
> longer
> >find it anymore.
>
> Actually, vinyl is still around and better than ever.
>
>
> Be seeing you.
>
>
> Dirk Wright
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