Posted by Tom_in_CA
on 9/1/2009, 12:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Older Analog Detectors"
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I have friend who works in audio/visual stuff. Like sound and video, as it involves music or business presentations, etc... He said that a lot of musicians didn't like when everything went digital years ago. They insist that there is a sort of control or "feel" that just isn't replicated when everything got digital and smaller, verses the older analog or tubes or whatever. I mean, think of it: can you ever replicate that old Jimmy Hendrix reverbs and waaannnggs of electric guitar with modern computerized digital? It wouldn't be the same 
This friend of mine says it's the same for electronic testing and measuring equipment: he and the other tech's often prefer the older bulkier equipments with the needles and such, instead of the digital readout measuring equipment, for the same type reasons.
This same friend of mine felt something "was missing" when the 6000 Di pro went from the bouncing needle, to the mineratized digitalized needle. He stuck with the old 6000 Di pro, and refuses to update, feeling that there was just something inherent in the information of subtlies of how the needle bounced, that wasn't replicated in the computerized newer versions.
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