Originally posted by zapp I like my DSLRs a lot. The technology is outdated as are turntables and LPs. Still fun to use, but hyped and revived for the wrong reasons. Mirrors in cameras are not required. Change the CD compression format and you get the old sound.
Well, there's no valid way to compare audio with camera equipment. Phono has nothing at all to do with photo. These are two different worlds. A DSLR VF is just as valid today as it ever was, for the reason of getting accurately close to the visual reality, which is what you are looking at through a good OVF. The new technology in the EVF has its uses and is valid for such uses, but has a long way to go for presenting a guaranteed accurate visualization of the reality being seen through it. And some people do encounter eye strain with prolonged use of it.
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Originally posted by reh321 Audiophiles tell me that digital simply cannot match analogue regardless of compression.
They are chasing a myth. It comes from those who use high-level equipment for vinyl, a very high-grade phono cartridge into a high-grade phono section of the preamp, but then they compare that to a less than optimum digital system and maybe a CD mastering not done to best standards. To get the best from both technologies, one has to be using high-quality equipment and optimum setups with both.
When this is done, digital wins hands down. The most obvious aspects it lacks are the distortion-causing mechanical aspects inherent in any vinyl reproducing turntable/phono system, not to mention the pops and clicks. Pre-recored tape is much better, but falls short for background noise, and both fall short for dynamic range, compared to a good digital setup with well-engendered CDs.
I've been a serious music-listener for many decades, and have high-level setups in the above reproducing types. I also know numerous experienced people who concur with my observations. One is Brian Ventura, recently-retired Assistant Principal Oboe of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He also played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, even in a recording with them and Leonard Bernstein. He has known of this superiority in high-level digital equipment for years when set up to show its best potential. In this case, it is the more modern technology that is more accurate in presenting reality.