>> The true Audiophiles are in the >> main still on vinyl because CD's "don't have the same warm feel".
> Rubbish. Sorry, that's too polite: bollocks. Early digital technology > was not well understood and did indeed sound poor. Current technology is > far better and sounds comparable to "quality" vinyl. Here's an interesting story: After more than fifteen years without a record player, I just obtained a nice old Technics SL-D20 record player. I mosey'd down to the store, bought a new (cheap) needle, and hooked it up. I then threw an old (but good condition) Elton John record onto the platter and started listening. It sounded WONDERFUL. Vibrant. Really, really good. Crisp. Real. I was actually expecting it to sound lousy by comparison to the latest technology, and I was surprised. We're not talking about a really good stereo system, either (although it's not a bad one). Just for snicks and grins, I played the same album as a CD on the same stereo, and it sounded -cleaner- (no pops or hiss) but not nearly as vibrant and crisp. Without telling my wife of my experience, I let her know the player was hooked up and dropped the needle on the album (it's one of her favorites). Within two minutes she asked me why it sounded so much better than the CD. I'm not an audiophile, but I do think there's something to the "analog sounds better" theory, even now. After all, movies don't look as good as real life, even though you can't see that they flicker -- so perhaps perfect reproduction of a subset of frequencies just don't sound as good (although they do sound great) as less-than-perfect reproductions of all frequencies. But that's just me. :) _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
