First, it doesn't matter whether something is recorded in digital or analog. While the quality was somewhat surprising, it has taught me several valuable lessons. So much so that even my video time is being impinged upon! With over four hours of the best of the golden age recordings per disc, my nights are once more filled with great music. Thus, for best sound the two channels of analog from the Denon are being run through my Vacuumstate preamps to both the main speaker amplifiers and out to my EAD Theatermaster 8000 for the decoding for the surround speakers. Most were recorded using minimalist mic'ing techniques and have significant ambient information, which can be recovered using Dolby or DTS decoding. Many of them sound far superior to the majority of CD's available even from the high-end companies, with the best at least equal to or better than the best DVD-Audio and SACDs available. What I will guarantee you is that they do, and by a significant margin. Whether this is due to how the digital information is read or how the two different DAC's translate the information from digital to analog, or the analog preamps in the players or some combination, I have no idea.
#EAD THEATERMASTER 8000 PRO PRO#
Although the DAT tapes do not sound as good as the original masters when they were first done many years ago, the dubs to DVD-Audio using the Tascam DV-RA1000HD recorder and Diskwelder Bronze program have come out sounding somewhat better when played through my Parts Connexxion modified Denon 5900 universal player than the DAT's do through the Panasonic 3500 pro DAT player. While it did take up significant time, it was well worth it. Last month's column, was to transfer DAT tapes made years ago of second generation masters to DVD-Audio discs has finally been completed.
That laughter lasted two days as once being bitten by a black fly you quickly realize the reality of how nasty they truly can (Editor's note: Bill also forgot to mention black fly season, which at first I laughed at them my first year in New England due to their diminutive size. This usually lasts until mid June, so we still have plenty of time to enjoy our systems before the necessity for yard work. We also experience mud season, our fifth season her in New England. Up here in New Hampshire, winter officially ends on Memorial Day and we can be susceptible to frost events until then. March is almost here and spring won't be far behind, at least for you in the southern areas.