Has anyone heard the new Peter Gabriel al***?

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Originally posted by count.d:
The ultimate source for sound reproduction is vinyl. (and no, I'm not getting into an argument about CD v vinyl)

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Your perogative, of course, but you seem to be more interested in hi-fi than in music...

But in any case, since the master tapes are not cut to vinyl, but made on, errr, tape, it stands to reason that the highest generation of reproduction will be playback of the master tape itself. And you can't do that on a turntable, so it stands to reason that you're wrong.

As regards CD vs. vinyl, the best comment I've seen was on the original naim forum, I've forgotten who from. It went along the lines of, "so you're happier with the inaccuracies inherent in analogue reproduction to the inaccuracies inherent in digital reproduction".

IIRC JV's opinion was that it was more about the care put into whichever format that would determine which, if either, would sound more like music. In some cases that's silver discs, in some cases black. But the tape should be better than either as you haven't had a chance to lose (or accidentally add) anything extra yet (noticed how naim record many discs direct to two track tape and don't subsequently edit it?).

Pete.

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Your perogative, of course, but you seem to be more interested in hi-fi than in music...

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This must be why I very rarely read or write anything on the "Anorak Corner"

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sad digression into audiphool territory

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If you don't want it to digress, don't bring it up. The last word I wrote was 8 days ago.

Seeing as you are getting into a discussion about hifi rather than music...

What hifi have you got?

Interested. I'm not being critical, even if I do normally prefer vinyl.

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Originally posted by RichardN:
Seeing as you are getting into a discussion about hifi rather than music...

What hifi have you got?

Interested. I'm not being critical, even if I do normally prefer vinyl.

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I have two: an RCA Victrola and a molecular chip player plugged directly into my auditory nerve. Love them both.