"Charles Tomaras" wrote in
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I've never heard a CD that sounded as bad as a cassette tape.

You are very lucky! I still have some CDs like that in my house, and they
cost... Ummm... about US$2.00 a piece, guess I can't complain. Just like
I have watched some DVDs' picture just like a VHS tape, believe it or
not...

Because there really isn't a debate. The LP crowd prefers something
that does not sound as much like the master tape as the CD crowd. The
LP crowd prefers the "effect" that LP mastering and reproduction
imparts to alter the original sound to fit onto the medium.

I don't think you will find any recording engineers who think an LP
sounds more like what they recorded than a CD.

Ummm... that is personal perface. I like CD myself, but there are still
quite a large of people like the vinyl LP, that's why there are still new
LPs, there are still new turntables in the market.

Yes, CD is very portable compare to LP, but tell me why mini-disc
cannot take over CD's place? So portable is not a main issue.

Because the lossy Atracs MD is audibly inferior to redbook CD.


Quality, if you are listening your CD via your walkman while you are
traveling, the background noise will simply cover up any quality
issue, as long as your discman won't skip!

Not with my Etymotic Research ER4's.

Majority of the people that own a discman most likely bought it from
their local stores, cost somewhere around US$50.00 to $100.00, at that
price, do you think there is any difference between a redbook CD and a
MD? Not too many people can afford a $350.00 earphone for their discman.
BTW, how does it sounds? Should I buy that ER4 or the Bose noise
cancellation earphone? About the same price?

Lawrence Leung