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DaOld Man:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on August 28, 2008, 03:06:22 am ---
oh, and vinyl definitely rules (",)



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I was hooked on digital until I saw this.
Im a vinyl man now..

richms:
Yeah, that pics alright except from the neck up...

And its latex isnt it? :P

Ummon:

--- Quote from: RayB on September 01, 2008, 11:23:16 pm ---Maybe it's been mentioned and I didn't notice, since I just skimmed the most recent posts, but people need to know that most digital format players don't just decode sound data in "steps" and leave it at that (well maybe ultra cheap junk does). There is something called interpolation where the decoder performs a calculation of the "line" between those sample "steps". The result is much closer to an analog "wave" than the stair-step analogy. And plus, any real advanced players do that interpolation using a technique similar to bezier curves rather than simple linear interpolation. The end result is a smoothly curving waveform just like an analog one, though probably not matching the source exactly--close enough though to not matter to the human ear.

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Ah, I missed this. Good show.

ark_ader:
So is vinyl expensive?

I want to put it on the sides of my cab.

Singapura:

--- Quote ---Firstly, the bass out of the tube amps was hollow, weak sounding, like the port tuning was all crap and there was no control over it (Think some rap lovers car). The volume it started to distort was quite low. Sure, it went a lot louder then that, but it was seriously unpleasant to listen to, if that's the "warmth" of a tube amp, then I will take my stone cold 500 watts of mosfet power any day.
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Like almost anything, it's not the price that makes the quality. If you have a $50,000 high end amplifier and don't pay attention to how you set it up, it WILL sound like crap. Just like a pro football player will play crap if he's out of shape. On the other hand, even an expensive crap amplifier, say a BOSE system can sound okay with the right setup. I owned a very nice tube amp but sold it because I don't have time to listen to it properly and my living room has bad acoustics. It did sound heavenly in my previous house though. I stick with portable now because I'm on the road most of the time. If you think bass out of a tube amp sucks, you should try this one:



The Darkvoice will match any solid state amp in bass output (it's a headphone amp btw).

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