On 26 Mar 2010, at 15:26, [email protected] wrote: > Well, I have to disagree, as personally I've enjoyed listening to Beethoven > on CD. Or maybe you just don't like Beethoven :-)
it's the loss of certain frequencies.... You lose subtle ambient sounds. But you've heard this before... I noticed this at the time. I had recently bought Faith by the Cure on vinyl but then my housemate bought a CD player so I excitedly announced to my girlfriend she could have the vinyl and rushed out to buy the CD, eager for the improved sound quality we were promised. was really really pissed off. I always honour my word so I handed over the LP to her knowing it sounded a lot better. > > And of course 10 years after that making statement, Linn introduced their own > CD player! > > Anyway, this kind of off-topic rambling is the tedious stuff that no doubt > fills MB of forum pages on HiFi dedicated CD/Analogue web sites. Rather like > the Digital/Film camera doodah and is the kind of reason why I stopped buying > HiFi mags so I better stop right here. a) I don't think audio formats is off-topic on a mac list, given the extent to which this has been advice on what format to use (and still is...errr nearly). b) I'm list-mom so by definition, I can't be off-topic. It's nice being the law sometimes. But headphones would be off-limit, as soon as I say bin your cheap Apple ones and buy Etymotic Research Er4s. They are astounding and worth every penny. Plus, when mine started failing, I sent them for repair and got a brand new pair (four years after purchase) for about thirty quid (the 'repair' charge). ANd anyone who says 'but BOSE noise-cancelling...' will be moderated on account of not being a true audiophile (yes, I have tried them, for several hours. They're dreadful.) Ok, this thread's gone on long enough now. No more on headphones please;-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
