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   Peter Larsen to Sergey Kubushyn   
   Re: 24-bit on tap at Apple?   
   01 Mar 11 07:44:05   
   
   XPost: rec.music.gdead, sci.electronics.design   
   From: digilyd@hotmail.com   
      
   Sergey Kubushyn wrote:   
      
   > Sure, CD looks better on paper. But it is already rule of thumb that   
   > almost everything that goes on CD is of inferior quality while those   
   > who make LPs take great care to do the best job possible to overcome   
   > media shortcomings. That makes the resulting _music_ from LP beating   
   > CD by a huge margin despite CD being better media on paper.   
      
   Sorry, your thumb may be non-standard, the issue is that those that master   
   for grammophone records tend to know what they are doing and master   
   completely different from how those that !!!MASTER FOR CD'S DO IT!!!   
      
   > Just try to listen to e.g. Bob Marley "Uprising" on a CD. It is a   
   > worst nightmare I ever heard.   
      
   A lot of early digital transcriptions ought to be re-done.   
      
   > That is why I have all his records on   
   > LPs. CDs don't even come close to those. But they are better on   
   > paper, yes.   
      
   What you assert is that nothing happened with AD conversion quality between   
   1985 and 2011.   
      
     Kind regards   
      
     Peter Larsen   
      
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