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In the Forum: Didital Things
In the Thread: Analog vs. Digital... without BS.
Post Subject: What can the laymen do?Posted by Doron on: 5/6/2009
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 Romy the Cat wrote:

Anyhow, the point is that audio people do not deal with original raw digital file therefore their comments about Analog vs. Digital are not relevant as they do not see the true digital but rather a digital crap.


Hi Romy,

So the format and the changes in the mastering are the main issues.
I always felt that the multi-thousand dollars CDP's are like a skillful chef that got a micro-waved hamburger as an ingredient and is requested by the restaurant owner to recreate a fillet-Mignon out of it...there is a limit to what a chef can do. 
So what can the layman who wants to enjoy digital do?
Where would a normal guy get the raw files and how will he be able to play them?
Doesn't this situation make enjoying digital playback almost as impractical as listening to reel to reel tapes?
If you can pick a street copy of any used LP with half decent recording and enjoy it emotionally much more so than its CD or SACD digital rendition, does the notion that the raw digital file was actually decent, helpful?
Sometimes I feel it almost feels like an act of god or "more luck than brains" to get good sound because of so many factors (which you eloquently described in your site) are working against it.
Why does it need to be so difficult?
   
Regards,

Doron

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