Bitstream versus PCM debate for high-density compact disc, Prof. M.O.J. Hawksford:
The Acoustic Renaissance for Audio (ARA) have proposed [1] a multi-channel, high-resolution audio encoding format for use with the next generation of compact disc with further introductory discussion openly published [2, 3, 4]. The ARA proposal document has already been widely circulated to the audio industry and the following text assumes familiarity with the ARA proposal.
This report is prepared in response to a proposal to import bitstream code directly onto high-density optical discs. Although offering certain philosophical and economic merits we believe that there are fundamental flaws and significant system limitations in using bitstream technology for audio data storage. Specifically, bitstream fails to address the future technical aspirations required by the audio industry where advanced digital processing will be used to improve accuracy in electrical-to-pressure transduction and also three-dimensional sound reproduction. We therefore present a discussion of the reasons for preferring a system based upon PCM rather than bitstream coding ...
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Technical Adio reading:
Listing of API Modules and some Part Numbers - compiled by John Klett late '80's, Neve 80 Series Modules - The 1081 Mic Pre / EQ - by John Klett, Neve Transformer Windings Info - Web Version by John Klett, Delay in Large Format Digital Music Consoles - by John Klett.
For some of us in audio, tubes never really went away. We go back to the days when all equipment was tube equipment. (My first job, in the late 1960s, was at a Philadelphia radio station that was 100% "hollow state" from microphone to antenna.) ...
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Tubes vs transistors - audible sound quality differences.
Engineers and musicians have long debated the question of tube sound versus transistor sound. Previous attempts to measure this difference have always assumed linear operation of the test amplifier. This conventional method of frequency response, distortion and noise measurement has shown that no significant difference exists ...