[HAM] Phat & Warm/ wasJimi Hendrix & Curtis Knigh

[Brad Baker]

On 9/9/06, Bruce Gordon <ecurbnodrog at yahoo.com> scribed:
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> CD's are perfect and pristine,
> and wear out slowly, analog falls apart rather
> quickly, be it tape or vinyl.  BUT...I like vinyl
> better because it has *warmth* produced by physical
> movement in every phase of sound reproduction.

CD vs vinyl, digital vs analog, tube vs solid-state.  I have been
curious to know the results of a double-blind test between two audio
sources: one, the playback of a a vinyl recording on a quality
turntable, and the other, a digital recording of that same vinyl
recording (using that same turntable).  This test would go a long way
toward settling the issue, for me at least.

This is an argument that will not be suppressed.  Just yesterday I was
arguing the sonic qualities of two organs - one a '61 A-100, recap
with Trek II preamp, the other a BV recap converted to B3 status,
percussion, split chorus/vibrato, AO-28.  The BV-3 sounded...
warmer(?), something attributed by my worthy adversary to the fact
that it used a tube preamp.  I believe the quote might be something
like "You see? I think that is a perfect example of the difference
between the solid-state and tube sound."  Very sheepishly I replied
"Baaaahhh"!  It definitely sounded different.  One might even say
"warmer".  Baaaaaah!

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