Not all players are alike...even the ipod will play lossless files. Other players on the market also have better sound than the ipod, and play FLAC or other lossless formats. It's all digital so it doesn't really make any difference. The point is more likely she's putting those cd's in a good quality sound system, the fact the digitized music is on a piece of plastic or on a hard drive or other data drive makes no difference in the sound.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Constance Warner <cawar...@his.com> wrote: > Sounds like the latest stuff from very young computer fan-boys. Also > sounds like replacing better products with worse. > > Examples: > CD's: much better sound quality than MP3 files. And they won't go away if > your hard drive crashes or you lose your iPod. I know someone who auditions > groups for a classical music series: she insists on CD's from the artists > who are trying to get the jobs. An MP3 player just won't tell her enough > about the groups, and CD's are professional standard in cases like these. > If you're willing to settle for less quality in your music, by all means > don't buy CD's. > > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
