Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, The Earth is Round??????? Barney On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 08:00 PM, Jean-Michel Tomaschett wrote: > after my troubling many luggers with mechanical watches, it is not my > intention to launch a discussion about acoustical recordings. It is > just > amazing that a lot of the so called "dead" technologies are still > working > fine for the conaisseurs. And I am sure not all of them are members of > the > "Flat Earth society" ;-) > > Regards > > Jean-Michel, usually speaking anything but English > > > > ----- 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html