Re: CDs VS LPs

[nessus (Doug Alan)]

Regarding whether or not CDs are a sham....

Yes, they have their problems....  No, a CD will never sound as
good as the first play of a perfectly recorded carefully cleaned
record pressed on audiophile vinyl and played on an expensive and
perfectly set-up turntable.  On the other hand, it will probably sound
better than the tenth play.  No one makes DBX encoded records any more,
and true audiophiles shudder at DBX anyway.  Like CDs, it reduces
noise at the expense of true high fidelity.

Fildelity wise, records and CDs are pretty comparible.  CDs, however,
don't wear out, don't pop and click, and don't require careful
handling.  The little boxes suck, however.  The only thing worse is
cassette packaging (there Hofmann!)

*The Dreaming* is sure to sound better on CD -- it was digitally
mixed.  All the 20KHz+ transients are already gone.  Kate Bush said
that she couldn't tell any difference in fidelity between digitally
mixing it and analog mixing it.  She chose digital, because she
thought the slightly "crystaline" sound the digital distortion added
was appropriate for the album.

			-Doug