Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jack, first it's the source which makes the difference, then the processing or reproducing technique, not depending on the medium, acoustical recordings or optical shots, all the same. Loosing 2 thousand LPs in a divorce, a very sad story. cheers Jean-Michel - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack McLain" <jmclainaz@comcast.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:40 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Is It "analog" or Is It Digital? > not true... I am certainly no proponent of "digital" music, but it does > exist. Digital "tone generators" are relatively common especially in pop > music and increasingly in avant garde classical music. No acoustic sound > whatsoever emits from the "instrument". The sounds are entirely in the > digital field. I hate the stuff (being a drummer, I especially hate "drum > machines"). > > and yes.. a high-end turntable beats even a high-end CD player in warmth and > some inexpressible attributes that you have to hear in a well tuned room to > appreciate. > > I lost ~2 thousand LPs in a divorce..... ouch. I'm a CD spinner now. > sigh...... > > cheers > Jack > Jack McLain > Tucson, AZ > http://jackmclain-photography.dotcommunity.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean-Michel Tomaschett" <jx@bluewin.ch> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 4:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Is It "analog" or Is It Digital? > > > > Picture or music, the source is always analog. > > Vinyl records compares to film. > > CD's compare to digital photography. > > Psychoacoustics compares to > > I always preferred the sound of good vinyl records on a high-end system. > > Psychoacoustics compares to optical psychoperception. > > > > Regards > > > > Jean-Michel > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jack McLain" <jmclainaz@comcast.net> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:58 AM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Is It "real photography" or Is It Digital? > > > > > > > Yes indeed... it is why so many of us audiophiles spend big-bucks to > > listen > > > to mucic through tube amps (even tube analog stages on CD players). It > > > seems that each digital link that can be replaced with an analog link > > > improves the sound (or makes it less "digital"). > > > > > > The analogy with digital photography vs. film photography is very apt. > > > cheers > > > Jack > > > Jack McLain > > > Tucson, AZ > > > http://jackmclain-photography.dotcommunity.net > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Randy Jensen" <randy@jamzcheer.com> > > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:18 PM > > > Subject: RE: [Leica] Is It "real photography" or Is It Digital? > > > > > > > > > > Excellent question. The analogy that works for me is the tube-mic > Dolby > > > SR > > > > analog recorded audio performance. Yes, you listen to it on CD, but > it > > > > absolutely sounds different than if it was recorded "all digital." > > > > > > > > There's a good reason vintage tube mics and compressors sell for so > much > > > > money. They keep trying to emulate them digitally, and they're > getting > > > > better, but they still don't cut it. > > > > > > > > Randy > > > > www.randyjensenphoto.com > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Buzz > > > > Hausner > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 2:43 PM > > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > > Subject: [Leica] Is It "real photography" or Is It Digital? > > > > > > > > > > > > Pardon this luddite's stony ignorance, but aren't they all digital on > a > > > > computer? > > > > > > > > Buzz Hausner > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of > Saganich, > > > > Christopher/Medical Physics > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 4:22 PM > > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > > Subject: RE: [Leica] "real photography" > > > > > > > > Here is a good example: can you tell if this is film or digital? > > > > > > > > http://www.28mm.org/gallery.php?artist=emesegaal&issue=9 > > > > > > > > Chris Saganich > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html