[Jukebox-list] Audio question

[Ron Rich]

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Ron Rich <ronnnrich at yahoo.com> wrote:   Hi All,
The discussion of the Ipod has prompted some questions in my mind--
I have been told that a GOOD vinyl pressing (along with a good reproduction system) is able to re-produce many more "harmonics" then any "digital" method, as digital just "samples", and vinyl "has it all in there". Any opinions here??
Along those lines, many moons ago, when I was doing some work for the local RoweAMi distrib here, Rowe came out with what they called "True Dimensional Sound" (TDS) ( I have heard this device called a "ringer" also). This unit was added in between the (DAC) output of the CD mechanism, and the input (one stage past the input of the old magnetic cart.) of the amp (same place the DAC originally entered)--Nothing else was changed. They added this unit to the jukebox for a number of years, then it "disappeared".
When the factory rep demo'd it, I could detect a difference--however it did not "sound better", just different. Of course, my ears were bad then--and have become worse.
Is there any subjective method to determine what is really best in music reproduction? --or is it a matter of "hype", and what you have been led to believe, by sales persons interested only in selling one product over another???
Ron Rich



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