Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Hi-fi floppies? Message-ID: <7765@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 27-Jan-85 17:50:39 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.7765 Posted: Sun Jan 27 17:50:39 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Jan-85 05:59:39 EST References: <374@nbs-amrf.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 10 > The reviewer said that, while the sound may not > be up to par with CD's, he felt it at least measured up to any > vinyl (or was it any analog medium?) around. Foo. If he said vinyl, he's off base. CD's only advantage over vinyl is surface noise immunity. It's that magnetic tape that causes you most of your problems. However direct to disk mastering never really caught on. Even the new Beta-HiFi challenges CD's -Ron