Why Analog?

[Tim Gillett]

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Test - take a complex source (music) record it with the peaks 30 dB under the max (0dBFS and 0VU) on a digital and tape system. Now play it back with that 30 dB made up in the amp gain.

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Ethan, I wont try and comment on all you said but since you are focussing in on real world results and only on signal to noise/distortion issues here, the above seems a good test as you say.

What is the standard of the analog recorder, the digital recorder?

For analog, what sort of tape, at what flux level for 0VU, which track width, which tape speed? NR or not? Which type of NR?

For digital, which bit rate? Which converters?

Cheers Tim