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RE: Perfect sound forever

I was only commenting on the abuse the marketing phrase has generated over the years.

- I hear you. It had been suggested a few years ago here at the asylum that the real genesis for that marketing statement may not have been about sound quality. Possibly that CDs were, with some care, somewhat undestructable. Not sure if that's true, but plausable.

I've got many CDs that are wonderful recordings.

- For that matter, as I have made improvements to my front end component I have noticed that even some of my early CDs now sound pretty darn good. A total plus as I really have no intention of buying every album the second time.

Sometimes people forget (or never knew) the trade-offs and compromises that were made in the development of the LP for its 1948 release to the public. I'm sure the marketing departments of that era had their share of over-the-top magic cliches.

- Tell that one to the LP guys and quickly duck for cover. ;) I read that even the early 33, with it's known at the time inferior sound quality, won out over the 45 RPM LP.



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