Xref: utzoo sci.electronics:10655 comp.graphics:10428 comp.std.internat:623 rec.video:11160 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!jarthur!spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu!tybalt.caltech.edu!gbrown From: gbrown@tybalt.caltech.edu (Glenn C. Brown) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.graphics,comp.std.internat,rec.video Subject: Re: RE: Overhead's LP comments (was:I don't need HDTV!) Message-ID: <1990Mar17.024048.9588@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu> Date: 17 Mar 90 02:40:48 GMT References: <8Zx8Ip200ioEMMrHEF@andrew.cmu.edu> <132618@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <2694@sactoh0.UUCP> <1990Mar13.023805.24765@athena.mit.edu> <1990Mar15.090214.9871@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu> <530@bilver.UUCP> <16197@haddo Sender: news@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 26 news@haddock.ima.isc.com (overhead) writes: >I never liked LPs. Even an audiophile LP has pops & klicks, even >the first play. It gets worse each play. A low grade audio >cassette doesn't have terrible distractions or sound degradation. >We could have dumped LPs long ago. The industry kept pushing >vinal. They kept saying that it was "better". If you've got a $10k system (my dad does), then records sound better than CD's. Problem is you have to have a $10k system, wash your records w/ a special record vacuum machine, coat your stylus w/ stuff before each record, Then you eliminate the pops & clicks and get depth & imaging that CD's don't yet have (because the DAC's aren't yet good enough.) I used to doubt the truth of this, but listening to several Audiophiles systems has converted me! >If over-the-air quality could be brought to laser disk standards >it would be an overnight success. If it was cable-only, I'd >probably buy a better TV & spend the $30-$40 a month. Heck, I >might even watch it. I'm glad to see someone sees my point! Thanx! >Stephen. --Glenn