October 2001 Comparisons between the LP and CD editions of Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark....have always had me concluding that compared to the LP's the CD's were good but lacked resolution of inner detail, transient speed, transparency, natural decay, and overall musical excitement. Going from the Gold CD to the LP of Court and Spark, for instance, is usually like removing a sound-muffling. defocusing blanket separating me from the performance. On most players I've heard, what the CD fogs over and the LP reveals is Mitchell's location in a vocal booth, her pedal work on the piano, and the instrument's location and size. The 3D's [a $5000 cd player] performance on Court and Spark was impressive: I heard all of those things easily.
Jerry
