Is your system still Analog if you use any form of DSP?
I see recommendations for the use of DSP in room adjustments, subwoofer integration, etc.... If I use DSP as a filter to split off my subs and reduce the load on my mains, is my system no longer analog???
If the main speakers are fed by an all analogue path from LP12 to speakers and the DSP is only applied to the signal going to the subwoofers it would be fair to call it an analogue system with DSP subwoofers.
It is an (audio) illusion as is everything sensed and perceived. That allows my mind to make things good or bad.
LOL! I see – your mind is more powerful than mine. In mine, everything that is, is perceived (esse est percipi, for you Berkeleyans out there), but the powers of my mind are unable to control perceptions of bass waves, first reflections, and background noise.
Yes, I use an MEN220, so Ive been told Im no longer analog. Could care less, bi-amping, incorporating a Marchand active crossover, and then adding the MEN220 all took my system from blended mush to cut like a diamond precision. Yes, I know some folks don't like hyper-etched music. I do.
It was an academic question. My digital audio chain is excellent as is my analog chain. I enjoy both equally. The only thing that keeps me up at night is listening to more music when the world around me goes to sleep.
The resolution of DSP is not limited by source material sampling rates and should have no real perceivable audible effects. I would argue that the additional cables, connection points, and circuits required would have more effect on sound quality, but that was not the question either.
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