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Originally Posted by 3rd world order  it does NOT sound better. |
Yes, “it” does sound “better.” Digital music today sounds better than it did 5 years ago, which sounds better than 10 years ago, which sounds better than...etc...
Is there any question that digital will sound better 5 years in the future?
However, digital can not sound better than ½ “ tape; “better” in fact loses all meaning in this context because digital emulates tape. The closer it gets, the "better" the sound. It can never more than emulate tape, just as a copy can never be more than the original. One would not say a copy is better than the source; that doesn’t make sense.
If “better” simply refers to better sounding in general, this is an opinion. If you think the sound of tape is recording at its ultimate, then by definition, digital can never be better, not even in 1000 years.
In any case, I believe it’s just to say that Absolute’s post in no way deserved to be labeled a “load of shit.” But that’s just my opinion.