pablolie wrote: > I am part of the club that claims existing music playback tech probably > doesn't allow me to hear beyond CD quality, and that's in the rather > rare cases we're talking about a great recording - I'd estimate 90% of > music is recorded indifferently, surprisingly often even ineptly.
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