[jasedee]

Back in the day.....When they were using only analogue tape, you would lose some of the top end due to saturation, and the limits of the tape.

When digital first came on the scene, for once, people were hearing all that clarity in the peaks, and it was glorious. But what they werent listening for was digitals shortfalls...the other end! the quieter sounds were less focused, and blurry

And this is the area which contains all the texture, body, and "personality" of a sound...

Of course there are pro studios recording to digital....no-one is stupid enough to say otherwise, but they are also going through really high quality analogue preamps, neve EQ's, vintage outboard etc....

Even alot of people will track to tape, bounce into HD for editing/processing, then back into a really nice desk (Mmmm...Neve!) for mixdown. Even electronica based stuff (Prodigy) will bring it into a Pro studio for mixdown on an old Neve or SSL console....

Blank, I think unless you have experienced recording to Tape, using high quality preamps/EQ/outboard, you will never truly understand where we are coming from, or the importance that gear does have on great sound.

And yeah, opinions are just that, and we are all entitled to them. Im not saying you are wrong at all.....and Im definately not saying I am right.

There is a reason why a Manley Massive Passive costs US$10k, and why a parametric EQ plug in costs a few hundred.....