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Message: [QUOTE="anonymous, post: 39678, member: 49258"] Originally posted by McSnare: [b]Mike, an Ampex ATR 124 or a Stephens 24 trk will seriously smoke an 827. Hell a clean late model JH 24 has more detail.[/b] A ^#$%ing A-800 mkIII will eat an 827 for breakfast and $*^t it out before lunch, it's the FET's in the "computer alignment" that ^#$% up the tone. A pot is way less destructive to the audio than a FET, it's one of the reasons alot of folks don't like the sound of SSL desks, all of the FET's in the audio path. As for 'analog emulations' in the digital domain, I've only had the chance to use a 'Spider' once on a session. My reaction after returning from that session was "holy $*^t, analog may have just taken a serious headwound". There are still problems with mixing in the digital domain, and those problems will be with us and very real for many, [b]many[/b] moons to come [check out this article by John Klett on 'Large Format Digital Consoles' [URL]http://www.technicalaudio.com/reading/digitalconsoledelay.html[/URL]] ...but digital is getting a hell of a lot better than it was just two short years ago. Things like the 'Spider' are helping it along, eventually [like when DAW's have been around half as long as analog recording...the first DAW I ever saw came out in the mid 80's]it'll get to the point of greatness. It's taken some serious stides in terms of improving sonically in just the last year or so, I sincerely doubt that it's going to go backward. It's a pity that the 44.1/16 Compact Disc is still a standard, but without it where would the R&D money for things like DVD-A have come? I'll bet even money that around the time that DVD-"L" (in other words, a dozen revisions down the line) is released, we're all [even us crumudeon motherfuckers] going to be pleased with the quality of the audio returned by these systems. A good, solid, microphone collection and "front end" system will never become obsolete, but the platforms and operating systems of today will be the landfill of 5 years from now. A-827...nice deck if you like compromises...the 'autoalignment data DAT' thing is a great "convenience" at the sacrifice of audio quality...but frankly, I've never been all that opposed to getting on my knees with a screw driver and aligning a deck...then again, I prefer good audio to convenience any [and every] day. [/QUOTE]

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