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From: pmr@drufl.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Why I'm so hard on CD's
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Date: Fri, 20-Jan-84 11:26:44 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 20 11:26:44 1984
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Greg,
I support you in your stand on the media blitz.  I agree that CDs
do not sound "Godawful" and that they sound better in some respects
than analog (they are quieter and they do go louder).  But just for
these two reasons they shouldn't be accepted as "the best" available.
They don't capture echos and hall ambience that analog does, they
have a piercing sonic texture when re-producing brass and higher
harmonic instruments that does not sound like the original where
analog will sound more accurate.

I hope that some day the CD will be superior to analog.  I enjoy
the convenience of the format like size, maintenance, etc., but I
just can't jump on the bandwagon at this time and totally endorse
it.  I'll just have to put up with my "nail in the groove" until
the this day comes.

		Yours for higher fidelity,
		Phil Rastocny
		AT&T-ISL
		..!drufl!pmr