Editing Audiophile (section)

=== Design variety ===

For music storage and playback, [[digital audio|digital]] formats offer an absence of clicks, pops, [[wow (recording)|wow]], [[Flutter (electronics and communication)|flutter]], [[acoustic feedback]], and [[Rumble (noise)|rumble]], compared to vinyl records.  Depending on the format, digital can have a higher [[signal-to-noise ratio]], a wider [[dynamic range]], less [[total harmonic distortion]], and a flatter and more extended [[frequency response]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mastersonaudio.com/audio/20030101.htm |title=The Decline of Vinyl and Its Timely Death |author=Ian G. Masters |date=1 January 2003 |website=mastersonaudio.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050906014840/http://www.mastersonaudio.com/audio/20030101.htm |archive-date=6 September 2005 }}</ref><ref name=Masters>{{cite news|url=http://www.soundstageav.com/mastersonaudio/20050415.htm |title=Vinyl Hooey |author=Ian G. Masters |date=15 April 2005 |website=mastersonaudio.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060320173912/http://www.soundstageav.com/mastersonaudio/20050415.htm |archive-date=20 March 2006 }}</ref> The [[digital recording]] and playback processes may include degradations not found in the analog processes, such as timing jitter and distortions associated with band limiting filter choices.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fourre|first1=Remy|title= Jitter & the Digital Interface |url= https://www.stereophile.com/reference/1093jitter/index.html|date=October 1993|publisher=Stereophile|archive-date=18 August 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818201002/https://www.stereophile.com/reference/1093jitter/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Story|first1=Mike|title=A Suggested Explanation For (Some Of) The Audible Differences Between High Sample Rate And Conventional Sample Rate Audio Material |date=September 1997|url=http://sdg-master.com:80/lesestoff/aes97ny.pdf |publisher=dCS Ltd|archive-date=28 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128021651/http://sdg-master.com:80/lesestoff/aes97ny.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Vinyl records remain popular and discussion about the relative merits of analog and digital sound continues (see [[Comparison of analog and digital recording]]).  Note that vinyl records may be mastered differently from their digital versions, and multiple digital remasters may exist.

In the amplification stage, [[vacuum tube|vacuum-tube]] electronics remain popular, despite most other applications having since abandoned tubes for [[solid state (electronics)|solid state]] amplifiers.  Vacuum-tube amplifiers often have higher [[total harmonic distortion]], require rebiasing, are less reliable, generate more heat, are less powerful, and cost more.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mastersonaudio.com/audio/20020901.htm |title=The Ongoing Debate about Amplifier "Sound" |author=Ian G. Masters |date=1 September 2002 |website=mastersonaudio.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830120742/http://www.mastersonaudio.com/audio/20020901.htm |archive-date=30 August 2007 }}</ref> There is also continuing debate about the proper use of [[negative feedback]] in amplifier design.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hificritic.com/downloads/Archive_6.pdf|title=A Future Without Feedback?|date=January 1998|magazine=Stereophile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619065311/http://www.hificritic.com/downloads/Archive_6.pdf|archive-date=2013-06-19|author=Martin Colloms|access-date=9 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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