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- From: strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong)
- Subject: Re: CD Sound under attack again. Was: Re: Preamp and Amp
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.171403.4001@tc.fluke.COM>
- Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
- References: <1993Jan19.172138.29081@bnr.ca> <1993Jan19.202654.9148@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1993Jan20.014644.14794@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:14:03 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.014644.14794@midway.uchicago.edu> cal@gsbux1.uchicago.edu (Cal Lott) writes:
- }kong@leland.Stanford.EDU (Kong Kritayakirana) writes:
- }
- }>In article <1993Jan19.172138.29081@bnr.ca> Dave Dal Farra <gpz750@bnr.ca> writes:
- }>>CD may, one day, surpass vinyl as the high-end medium of choice.
- }>>But not yet.
- }>
- }>How did you arrive at this conclusion? Golden-earing doesn't count.
- }
- } I would like to second Kong's question.
- }
- } I don't know what he means by "golden-earing", but I can certainly
- }respect someone's opinion if they think that vinyl sounds better. However,
- }stating that vinyl is "the high-end medium of choice" is a different matter
- }entirely. I'd be curious as to what criteria you used to arrive at this
- }conclusion, Dave.
-
- Where I come from, high-end medium of choice means that those who
- consider themselves high-end audiophiles, choose to listen to LP's more
- than any other medium. Quite frankly, I don't believe that is the case.
-
- Of course, if you define 'high-ender' as someone who prefers LP's, then
- your statement becomes a tautology and is meaningless.
- LP's than to any other medium.
- --
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- Norm Strong (strong@tc.fluke.com)
- 2528 31st S. Seattle WA 98144 USA
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