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Re: Ok, so I will try this without being snotty

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In Reply to: Re: Ok, so I will try this without being snotty posted by Dr. S on May 19, 2007 at 21:34:17

"My concern is that these internecine battles in audio (DSD versus PCM, tubes versus SS, etc.) are nothing to celebrate ... the should be a source of embarrassment."

I disagree - it's very healthy so long as the participants don't take themselves too seriously and respect their opponent's point of view. :0)

The biggest source of embarrassment and what damages audio reproduction is corporate greed, and format wars created not because one company believes their format is best, but because they want to have a bigger share of the pie and in Sony/Philips case they wanted to offset the loss of the CD patent.

If the backers of DVD-A had backed SACD it would have succeeded and visa versa, but manufacturers of hardware, recorders of software and consumers wanted to know which format was going to be 'the winner' before committing and we know what has happened.

Best Regards,
Chris redmond.

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