gagelle Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Hello All, I'm setting up a two channel system in my room and noticed on the Emotiva site that their preamps are analogue or digital to analogue converters. They claim that analogue has a better sound. I wanted to get some opinions on this issue. At one time everyone was going to digital. What is the real story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danzo Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Humans can't hear digital Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechMan Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 I think we can hear it, just cant process it very well. I bet JB can understand it [H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tromprof Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 1010101110001100 [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Is a sundial better than a digital watch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatnoop Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Is a sundial better than a digital watch? all day long... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechMan Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Is a sundial better than a digital watch? all day long... Good answer [H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Analog for music. Digital for movies. IMHO. YMMV. IIRC. ASAP. ROTFLMAO. TOTL. BOTL. TNT. AT&T. Y&T. ACDC. [H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechMan Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Analog for music. Digital for movies. IMHO. YMMV. IIRC. ASAP. ROTFLMAO. TOTL. BOTL. TNT. AT&T. Y&T. ACDC. I got all those up utntil at&t...so I guess it's now a post count threrad.... I assume at&t is amazing teets and tweets... Hope I don't kill the thread [H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Analog for music. Digital for movies [Y] [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagelle Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 As an expirement, I switched my Onkyo cd player to an analogue connection on my receiver. The sound was much fuller, with better separation, more bass and cleaner midrange. The high end was less overbearing. I found this to be an advantage as Kliptch horn type speakers, in some cases, tend to stress the high end. This is why many prefer tubes-it mellows the sound. Just MHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danzo Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I guess that Your original question is about DACs. Your CD player has better DAC than receiver, thus better sound. If you have a nice external DAC or one integrated in preamp then it might be worth running digital form the media source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Its cloudy out here today so I can only use my digital watch now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danzo Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Funny i recently was looking into buying sand hourlgass gizmo to keep on my desk. Shame they are not so accurate. Also funny, i saw a few Office-US seasons and not a single episode of original Office with Gervais. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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