Try out a good vacuum tube amp and you will notice the difference in
sound.
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Comparative International Development
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On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Mikalac Norman S NSSC wrote:
> JL: I don't have good enough ears to agree with Eric
> Clapton that CDs are anathema (since they don't sound good)
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> please ignore what Eric and other luddites tell you about CD sound quality
> because it is far better than that of tapes and LPs. listening to a live
> performance is the only "real" sound, but that comes at the price of travel,
> admission, audience disturbances, etc. for some people, CDs are "too
> perfect" since the engineer can correct minor errors of the performers w/o
> retakes. (i remember (classic guitarist) Julian Bream saying, "I have a
> hard time keeping up to my recordings!") is that sound "bad"?
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> the luddites will always insist that the pops, scratches and breaks "sound
> good". they probably still use washboards too! just ignore them.
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