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In Reply to: RE: PS Audio Perfect Wave Transport. posted by BlueKnight on May 12, 2012 at 03:43:38
After all the grief the CD has taken over the years for being marketed as "perfect sound forever", you'd think a manufacturer would be a bit more careful using the word "perfect" in their product's name. ;-)
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While I won't dispute that higher bit rates have the capability of providing higher resolution sound, I for one can say that on the right front end CDs can sound pretty darn good.
> > While I won't dispute that higher bit rates have the
> > capability of providing higher resolution sound, I for
> > one can say that on the right front end CDs can sound
> > pretty darn good.
I was only commenting on the abuse the marketing phrase has generated over the years. I've got many CDs that are wonderful recordings.
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.
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.
They mainly showed a little pile of LPs vs. the huge pile of 78s containing the same amount of music. Couldn't argue with that. "HiFi" pretty much came later, in the early/mid '50s. Still mono at that time.The fact that LPs were unbreakable -- at least compared to shellac 78s -- was also a strong selling feature. Couldn't argue with that either.
Edits: 05/13/12
I'm with you. An other word that drives me nuts, is the overuse of 'quantum'.
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