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37. Guess some people like the background noise all tape has

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 05:20 AM

Oct 2015

I am all for high fidelity and yes analog does sound richer then digital too but the fact is most people's speakers and amps don't even produce all of the sound spectrem it is clipped on the high and low end by most home amps and speakers.

Another thing to consider is most folks don't even know what good speakers sound like or what music should sound like and if one has bass boost or the bass turned all the way up one is distorting the music themselves.

another thing to consider is the QUALITY of the recording if the quality is bad and many recordings today are of poor quality, way too much compression of the digital signals in the media coupled with the quality of your average amp and speakers makes it sound even worse.

Me I hate the f-ing hiss and yes I am one of those weird people who hear nosies on recordings that most people do not and I will complain about it.

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