> I can't even listen to cassettes, they sound so bad to me. When
> I go back and
> put on a vinyl record, I realize just how bad they actually
> sounded. If CDs
> have a "hard edge" blame the recording producer, not the medium.
>
> What sounds good is all relative. How many times have I been
> stuck at a light
> and a car pulls up next to me where the bass is so strong and the
> volume should
> that it actually causes my car to shake!
>
> But to those dudes in that car it is heaven.
>
Some people claim that a good and new vinyl pressing carries base better.
Let us not forget that digital is in essence trying to achieve a wave that
it never can. I don't know if the issue is MD trying to match CD, or CD
trying to replicate analog sound. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of CDs
and they're so much better than tape. But have you listened to some of your
older CDs? They sound pretty bad now because mastering and D/A converter
technology were very young then.
Good needles, and a good pressing can go a long way--specially on a powerful
sound system. But then again almost all recording media are digital anyway
so maybe it doesn't matter.
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