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From: greg@olivej.UUCP (Greg Paley)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: The Pepsi Challenge
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Date: Thu, 25-Oct-84 13:06:16 EST
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I think Ed Horch's points are valid and well stated.  I'd feel
myself ruled out on such a test for precisely the same reasons
he states.

I personally have found that, for my perceptions, the mediocre
CD is better than the mediocre LP but that the best LP's (on
correspondingly high quality record playing equipment) are 
able to capture a realism that exceeds the best I have yet
heard from CD, including Telarcs.  I feel quite honestly that
this is not based on preconceived notions, since I have no
desire to see the situation remain this way.

I also feel that much of the vehemence which has come into
the arguments is a counterreaction to the press barrage that
accompanied the introduction of digital recording and then
the CD.  It's as though I were looking at what I see as a
red wall and being told at gunpoint that I'd better see
blue.

If the CD had been introduced as a product that still
has certain sonic anomalies but which offers a convenience
and durability which go a long way toward compensating
for these, as well as a confirmation that these anomalies
will only be audible or disturbing on a very small 
percentage of the equipment likely to be found in people's
homes, I would have easily accepted this.

It has, however, been introduced as a major sonic upgrade
with a perfection that far eludes the best analogue recordings
in addition to the convenience and durability.  This 
attitude has been reinforced by a demeanor, on the part of
the majority of press, audio dealers, and a number of
net contributors, that is, to put it mildly, insulting to
anyone who, listening with his own ears and perceptions,
has come to a different conclusion.

	- Greg Paley