Growing up, all the music I listened to was in analog form.  Whether the source was from a radio, turn table or cassette player it was analogue.

My receiver/ amplifier was designed to accept analogue inputs,  this included CD players, although the storage format (CD) was digital the signal was converted to analog format and input as such into the amplifier.

Denying Digital

As digital inputs became more common (ie., HDMI, USB) I either had to acquire a multi-media tuner/amplifier that accommodated digital or extract the audio and convert it to analogue and keep my existing equipment.

No surprise I purchased SPDIF to analog converters and HDMI sound extractors and continued to enjoy my analogue sound.

Of course the multi-media set-up was quite complicated with many switches, (multiple component, composite and HDMI switches  together with SPDIF converters, HDMI extractors).

There was a very complicated set of instructions on how to select the video or audio source and the wiring diagram required advanced electrician training.

This was all so I could to continue to enjoy the dirty inexact sound I grew up with based on the frequency of waves of electrons. (Not binary messages)

The Amp Blew

Last week something in my analog amplifier got old and tired and basically popped.  It did last 18 years.

I bought a digital AV receiver/amp.

It took me 6 hours to unwind the old set-up and reconnect it in the “digital” configuration.

I will admit using the various devices (VCR, CD, Tape, PlayStation, Wii, Digital TV, Boxi Box, Apple TV, and Chrome cast with the video projector and AV receiver/amp is much easier.  No longer are complicated instructions needed.

The downside is digital sound is so clean crisp and exact.  I miss my noise.