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- From: owen@emds.enet.dec.com (Steve Owen)
- Subject: Re: DCC and MD Quality
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.132540.9243@e2big.mko.dec.com>
- Sender: usenet@e2big.mko.dec.com (Mr. USENET)
- Organisation: Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard MA
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corp.
- References: <1992Dec17.192744.86020@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> <1992Dec18.163222.16683@e2big.mko.dec.com> <BzHEF8.8r0@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:39:33 GMT
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- In article <BzHEF8.8r0@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, dmd39855@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel DuBois) writes...
- >owen@emds.enet.dec.com (Steve Owen) writes:
- >
- >
- >>In article <1992Dec17.192744.86020@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, jap1@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JOSEPH ALEXANDER PADULA) writes...
- >>>It is a sad day indeed when "CD quality" is the aspiration for new media.
- >
- >>Agreed... but 99% of the audio buying public has already been suckered into
- >>thinking that CD sound is the be-all end-all of sound quality. They are
- >>mistaken.
- >
- >>Later...
- >>Steve
- >
- >I'm not an audiophile.. Is there something better than CD? Are you
- >referring to live performances or something?
- >
- >-Dan
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- No, I'm refering to the fact that CD quality is NOT perfect... even Sony now
- admits that with the development of their new "Super-bit mapping" process. New
- media should shoot for higher goals... such as the sound quality of Analog with
- the convenience of CD.
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- Later...
- Steve
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