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   The Doctor to daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
   Re: BABYLON 5 is now free to watch!   
   15 Feb 26 12:03:26   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10ms567$3tb9p$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Daniel70   wrote:   
   >On 15/02/2026 9:32 am, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> 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   
   >   
   >Yes, in later years, 'they' did process it digitally but, originally,   
   >the tracks were recorded STRAIGHT onto Tape and then they were used to   
   >produce the record tracks from .... oh, hang on, weren't voices/etc   
   >originally recorded onto Cylinders??   
   >   
   >> ... I mean, you’re not trying to say that the digital sources were   
   >> capturing “the actual sound produced by the Voices/Instruments”, are   
   >>  you?   
   >   
   >No, the opposite in fact. The Digital Sources were merely producing,   
   >what, 44000 or so samples per second (8bit/16bit/whatever)(combining   
   >Left and Right tracks) of the infinite variations per second!!   
   >>   
   >> I suppose another possibility is that the real world sounds   
   >> inherently scratchy and dusty,   
   >   
   >Stuff happening all over the place.   
   >   
   >> which somehow gets removed during digital sampling.   
   >   
   >Well, hopefully, the recording studio is of sufficient quality to STOP   
   >the "real world sounds" from making it onto the recording.   
   >   
   >> So the vinyl format is putting back that original real-world   
   >> authenticity.   
   >>   
   >> Could that be it?   
   >>   
   >NO!!   
      
   oh! Yes!!   
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   >Daniel70   
      
      
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