seanadams wrote: > I'd like to think that sound quality was one factor that spurred the move > from > tape to CD.
Sound quality was, for sure, an argument for the move from cassette tape to CD. As was reliability. In the early 80s, when you drove along any Interstate, you would see long strings of 1/8" tape, where a car's cassette drive had eaten the tape, and the driver ripped it out and threw it out the window. The Labels wanted something not consumer copyable that was better sound than a cassette and more reliable. The RedBook CD met that need. The CD was not aimed at the LP, but the cassette. That it nearly killed the LP was not all that important. Amazing to me is that vinyl now has a growing market. I saw my first CD burner in October 1996. Don't know when they first hit the market. They were expensive, SCSI, and not too reliable. But that was the beginning of the end. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
