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   The Doctor to YourName@YourISP.com   
   Re: BABYLON 5 is now free to watch!   
   15 Feb 26 01:41:03   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10mr52a$3kevh$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Your Name   wrote:   
   >On 2026-02-14 22:32:05 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
   >> On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 21:33:21 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>> On 14/02/2026 2:10 pm, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Almost all of it is probably produced using digital equipment these   
   >>>> days in teh recording studios, but the final vinyl record itself is   
   >>>> played on analogue equipment by the purchasers, which to some people   
   >>>> sounds better.   
   >>>   
   >>> It sounds better because it IS the actual sound produced by the   
   >>> Voices/Instruments .....   
   >>   
   >> I wonder how it can manage that, given it came from digital sources ...   
   >> I mean, you’re not trying to say that the digital sources were   
   >> capturing “the actual sound produced by the Voices/Instruments”, are   
   >> you?   
   >>   
   >> I suppose another possibility is that the real world sounds inherently   
   >> scratchy and dusty, which somehow gets removed during digital sampling.   
   >> So the vinyl format is putting back that original real-world   
   >> authenticity.   
   >>   
   >> Could that be it?   
   >   
   >The recording studios also use a much better digital equipment than   
   >home music players or what is released on the CD or online / streaming   
   >services, so what you're hearing has been downsampled.   
   >   
   >But the on and off bits of digital audio and video can never match the   
   >near-infinite uniqueness of analogue. Even if you were digitally   
   >recording at a bazillion samples per second, you'd still be missing   
   >things between each sample. Of course, once you get to such ridiculous   
   >rates, whether the human ear can actually tell the difference is a   
   >matter of opinion though. Simiarly with computer / phone / TV screens -   
   >nobody is going to notice any difference between 4K, 8K, 16K, etc.   
   >unless they are pressing their noses against the screen.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Doing the math I see.   
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