I still have my old classical LPs, many of which have been digitally
remastered onto a CD by their respective companies - EMI, DECCA, etc.
When comparing the two, the digital recordings have a tinny, almost
strident sound compared to the the warmth of an LP.
Eric L. Strobel wrote:
>
>I've been lurking on this thread, reading about how worried everyone is that
>MP3s aren't "CD-quality." Funny thing is, if you talk to a TRUE audiophile,
>you find out that *they* SNEER at "CD-quality" as being unacceptably poor!
>It was once demonstrated to me (by another physicist that happens to be an
>audiophile) that the dynamic range of a high quality turntable/amp/etc. FAR
>exceeds that of any digital system. When you think about it, the atomic
>force microscope is essentially a phonograph arm, and those things measure
>individual atoms.
Way Wong
Byte-Size Software, Oct. 29, 3 A.N.
http://home.earthlink.net/~firstvln/bytesize.html
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