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You're right about the convenience

CDs are certainly an improvement over cassette.

The only problem from an audiophile perspective is that it lowered the absolute maximum attainable sound quality.

It acted sort of like a compressor; it brought the lowest fidelity systems up to a pretty high level (witness what's now possible in a car), but it also lowered the top end slightly.

It's taken until very recently to get CD playback up to the level of vinyl.

I abandoned vinyl (mostly) in favor of CD, and my 750 records say unplayed for the last 10 years. A month ago, I invested in a reasonably high end table, and I am completely blown away by (or maybe just reminded of) the musicality of vinyl.


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  • You're right about the convenience - Commuteman 13:44:32 08/22/03 (0)


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