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Faulkner's great, of course, The Sound and the Fury being one of my favs.
Troll
Here's another one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uCcFIyJJ-w
P.S: Stephen, can one embed YouTube/etc. into forum posts/blog comments somehow?
In that 2011 video, TF makes quite a few interesting comments, including:
TF preferring the sound of the Studer A80 (at 15ips) OVER the sound of high-rez PCM, DSD and (drum roll please) the LIVE feed (!!!). The Studer analog deck is obviously doing something to the sound to please TF's ear/brain system. Actually, something similar is reported when, e.g., feeding a high-end CD player (with its own volume control) to an amp vs. the same CD player --> preamp--> amp. Sometimes the extra-layer "buffer" helps sonics.
TF's ultimate sonic champ is the A80, first generation tape (which is totally impractical for end consumer, of course).
TF admits that earlier (pre Sigma-Delta??) A/D converters (e.g., Sony 16xx) had a bit more sonic "energy". I wonder whether this is related to single-bit (Sigma-Delta) vs multi-bit debate in consumer D/A's?