XPost: rec.music.gdead, sci.electronics.design   
   From: trevor@home.net   
      
   "Sergey Kubushyn"  wrote in message   
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   >> Which of course has absolutely *nothing* to do with the pro's and cons of   
   >> vinyl Vs CD, only the mastering choices.   
   >   
   > The problem is people don't listen to CD or Vinyl. It is _music_ they   
   > listen   
   > to. All the wonderful technical parameters don't make music any better.   
      
   Right, or necessarily any worse.   
      
      
   > Sure, CD looks better on paper. But it is already rule of thumb that   
   > almost   
   > everything that goes on CD is of inferior quality   
      
   An opinion you get to have, but there is very little to actually compare,   
   let alone arrive at such a sweeping conclusion. Of course "almost everything   
   that goes on CD" never even makes it to vinyl these days!   
      
      
   >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.   
      
   Once again you forget to add "In your opinion", and neglect to mention that   
   only a MINISCULE amount of music being made these days is available on vinyl   
   in any case! I would certainly hope that the tiny percentage that does make   
   it to vinyl is more carefully produced/manufactured than what it was in days   
   gone by, especially considering the huge price premium now being asked.   
      
      
   > Just try to listen to e.g. Bob Marley "Uprising" on a CD. It is a worst   
   > nightmare I ever heard. 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.   
      
   Right, and any differences are simply production/marketing choices or   
   compromises. Vinyl certainly requires far more of the latter!   
   One can easily copy a vinyl record to CD without any loss of quality. The   
   reverse is simply impossible.   
   And CD's/SACD's/DVDA's aimed at the audiophile ( and audiophool) market are   
   still far more numerous than new vinyl releases, despite being a tiny   
   percentage of the market.   
      
   Trevor.   
      
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