on 10/31/01 12:49 AM, R Pickett at emerson_at_hayseed.net wrote:
> That follows for analog versus digital. Every single mass-market analog
> format is destructive on playback. Tapes shed oxide, vinyl ablates.
> Every time you play it back, it sounds subtly worse. Digital media
> (tapes excluded) don't suffer from this. It sounds the same every
> time. Is that 'as good?' Your mileage may vary. I saw a comment
> comparing vinyl copies of classical albums to CD's of the same material,
> calling the vinyl 'warm' and the CD 'tinny.' That may well be the case
> for a combination of several reasons:
The comment was that many audiophiles, when CDs first came out complained of
this phenomenon. I also gave a one explanation as to why they thought this.
Personally, I thought this argument went away years ago. :-)
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