XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2026-02-15 05:57:18 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
      
   > On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:16:19 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-02-15 02:23:32 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
   >>>   
   >>> On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:47:06 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> Are you admitting that digital technology can possibly be good enough   
   >>> to serve as source material for your precious vinyl?   
   >>   
   >> I didn't say whether it was "good enough" or not, simply what happens.   
   >   
   > You used the term “downsampled” to refer to consumer delivery formats   
   > like vinyl.   
      
   Actually I said "released on CD or online". Studios will have far   
   better quality equipment, so the digital recording will need to be   
   downsampled for any other home-based digital releases. Vinyl releases   
   will be different since they aren't digital.   
      
      
      
   >> For a CD, the sounds are downsampled to CD-quality from the higher   
   >> quality studio digital recordings. Similarly with various streaming   
   >> qualities.   
   >   
   > Streaming and file formats can be in any sample rate and depth desired.   
   > No need for any “downsampling” at all.   
      
   Downsampled from the higher quality studio equipment, as well as often   
   being compressed.   
      
      
      
   >> For vinyl, it will depend on how exactly the vinyl master is made, but   
   >> it still won't be a purely digital recording, even though the studio   
   >> source was. There will be minute changes and differences. Together,   
   >> that *could* mean some people hear (or more precisely *feel*) a   
   >> difference in quality.   
   >   
   > So analog losses actually *improve* the perception in quality?   
   >   
   > Does this go for the dust and groove wear as well?   
      
   Not if your keep your equipment and collection clean.   
      
   The same can be said for CDs - dust on the lens or disc can affect play-back.   
      
      
      
   >>>> But the on and off bits of digital audio and video can never match the   
   >>>> near-infinite uniqueness of analogue.   
   >>>   
   >>> Quantum theory says no.   
   >>   
   >> Multiverse theory says every peice of music exists in every format and   
   >> quality ... somewhere. :-p   
   >   
   > Regardless of your attempt to distract from it, your original statement   
   > remains nonsense.   
      
   Digital = on or off, and only at the sampled timeframes   
   Analogue = variable and constantly changing, even if only minutely   
      
      
      
      
   >>>> Even if you were digitally recording at a bazillion samples per second,   
   >>>> you'd still be missing things between each sample.   
   >>>   
   >>> Fun fact: your nervous system is basically digital (nerve impulses   
   >>> either fire or don’t fire). So you already do.   
   >>   
   >> Yes and no (and depends on who you ask). The human systems, including   
   >> the nervous system, are not really strictly analogue nor digital. They   
   >> are basically a mix of / somewhere between the two.   
   >   
   > Nevertheless, it is a fact that nerve impulses either fire or don’t   
   > fire, there is no in-between. That doesn’t depend on whom you ask; go   
   > ask any expert.   
   >   
   > (No doubt you’ll get the typical contrarian answers from audiophiles   
   > and other non-experts, so don’t bother ...)   
      
   Yes, they fire / don't fire, but the *rate* at which they do that does   
   vary depending on the circumstances.   
      
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