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[redk9258]

Originally Posted by KentTeffeteller

VHS HiFi is analog, it is not digital. And is superior to linear audio tracks, especially when there's two channels crammed into the space of one. And some analog is better than others. Not all digital is junk. Not all analog is superior. Depends on a case by case basis.

100% correct! Digital, done right, sounds pretty transparent. If digital sounds bad, it's bad mastering or a bad recording. I suspect people who swear by analog like the distortion and maybe noise / hiss. These might be so low that you don't realize it's there. I suspect if you took an analog recording and digitized it to red book standards (not brickwalled), then played both back at the same time with matched levels, the person probably would not be able to tell the difference.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by KentTeffeteller

VHS HiFi is analog, it is not digital..

Yes but it is DIGITALLY SOURCED!!!!! (Like a DIGILOG cassette)

To ME it isnt as nice,I like the warmer analogue sounds on the linear side...... (Thats just me though)

[DVtyro]

It is not "warmer", it is just full of distortion of various kinds.

BTW, I have quite a few Digalog/DDD cassettes, and they sound great. I also have "Jesus Christ Superstar" made in mid-1970s without Dolby - full of hiss sounding as if it is played over phone line, and I mean analog phone line.

[Dude111]

I dunno why so many have a hiss on thier 8tracks/cassettes.....

What do you have the vol ALL THE WAY UP??

None of mine have any hiss!

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Dude111

Yes but it is DIGITALLY SOURCED!!!!! (Like a DIGILOG cassette)

To ME it isnt as nice,I like the warmer analogue sounds on the linear side...... (Thats just me though)

You still have not presented any evidence of your assertion beyond your own opinion after listening to it. Have you found any documentation on the tape stating there's digital processing on the Hi-Fi track?

It's hard to have faith in the hearing of someone who can't hear the tape hiss on an 8-track.

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by Dude111

I dunno why so many have a hiss on thier 8tracks/cassettes.....

None of mine have any hiss!

This quote just utterly "says it all"!

I may keep and use it for the rest of my life, every time I ever chat with an "analog lover" golden-ear-type person.

[ARC Tech-109]

Honestly I don't think there was any technical difference between the linear and AFM HD audio feeds. I worked as a tape jockey at a dup house during the late 80's and everything was recorded using Panasonic 6810's on a common control. The only thing in the audio chain was a limiter/compressor feeding a Y-splitter on the RCA inputs. Consumer grade VHS was all about the profit regardless of the title.