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- From: kong@leland.Stanford.EDU (Kong Kritayakirana)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: CD vs. LP again (was Re: Preamp and Amp)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.051948.9556@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 05:19:48 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.050702.7864@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> <1993Jan26.174004.11597@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>
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- In article <1993Jan26.174004.11597@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:
- >stuartw@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Stuart Woolford) writes:
- >[....]
- >: Tell me, people, what kind on channel seperation can ANY ( at ANY price )
- >: practical LP system get ??. I will not mention the figures that I have
- >: heard, but they are not impresive, and many 10's of db below that of
- >: even quite cheap CD.
- >
- >You can only laugh if a) you have heard a high quality turntable setup
- >and b) still found its imaging to be 'laughable'. Numbers by
- >themselves mean zilch.
- >
- Looking at poor spec (esp. channel separation) and try to attribute this to
- LP imaging quality is not quite logical.
- I have heard LPs with very good imaging although the cartridge in use has
- channel separation of only 25-30dB. Yes, "Numbers by themselves mean zilch."
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- Kong Kritayakirana
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