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RE: Not Necessarily

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DRam

In Reply to: RE: Not Necessarily posted by Inmate51 on March 13, 2017 at 09:16:49

The iPod is what was usually used on long drives. Last week a Sony Walkman was used instead. My initial comparison was one of iPod (memory) and tape being used at the time.

Source for the cassette used was vinyl played on a Dual 704, Shure V15III cartridge, so that tape was analogue from source to recorder.

Files saved to the iPod are sourced from vinyl. saved to my computer as .wave files on GoldWave audio editing program, the loaded to the iPod.

The .we you were looking for is a typo.

The entire experience was one of comparing digital to analogue after finding that an .wave file digitized didn't sound as good as tape played on an old Walkman. I used a CD to see if there was a difference between a commercially created source, expecting to find there wasn't much difference.

I felt there was a noticeable difference in favor of the tape.

I apologize for my lack of clarity.

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RE: Not Necessarily - Inmate51 15:17:38 03/13/17 (1)
Thanks for the follow-up. If I understand correctly (IIUC), you played your cassette on one machine, made on another machine, from an LP, and your original commercial CD? If so, then this really isn't a cassette vs iPod comparison. As the American Airlines computer voice would say, "Have I got that right?" :)
DRam, buddy, pal, you literally cannot draw ANY conclusions from your comparison, other than to say that YOU liked one over the other on this stereo system. It cannot be said that it has anything to do with analog vs digital.
Uncontrolled comparisons are fraught with perils, and this one is just the tip of the iceberg! :)
:)

Edits: 03/13/17
- RE: Not Necessarily - Inmate51 08:02:16 03/15/17 (0)
  Having said that, I recently had the opportunity to compare multiple formats of a song on multiple systems. Originally recorded digitally, it was produced on vinyl LP, SACD, CD and is on Youtube. I've heard all of them on some very nice systems, and there are definite differences. But that's a story for another day.
  
  :)

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