"Sander deWaal" wrote in message
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"Michael McKelvy" said:

Since there is and probably always will be a division on the subject of
LP
playback vs. CD playback, let's see if we can describe how we each hear
a
given recording that we have in common.

I listen to *music*, not a format.
I want to have both formats to sound as good as they can, however.

I was thinking of the people who seem to think that LP is the superior
format. Trying to figure out what they get from that that the believe is
missing from CD.

I think Jim Johnston gave us a possible answer years ago:
Some people actually like the "euphonic distortion" that occurs with
LP playback, and, in a different way, in most tube amps.

I can live with that.

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So can I, never had a problem with preference. I was just trying to get an
idea of what they HEAR that makes some prefer LP over CD.

I know why I like CD better, it always sounds better due to increased
definition. I hear the Cymbals better, and percussion always sounds tighter
and, for lack of a better word, faster. I can tell a difference in quality
in the recordings I have that still use the codes AAD, ADD, and DDD. To me
DDD sounds better. I like the fact that when I play a CD, I hear the music
and only the music, no surface noise lead in.

I understand some people don't mind the surface noise before the music
starts and then is masked by the music if it's loud enough. I understand
that very often there is a different mix for LP with loud sounds made softer
and soft sounds made louder and that is another matter of preference. What
I don't understand is people who insist that LP is more revealing, or has
more "microdynamics." These are claims that just don't hold up on scrutiny.

Preference is preference and there's no argument that different people
prefer different things. My call for some critical listening was to try and
get descriptions that helped me understand what, if anything, is different
in what they hear.

It's sad that even a request for information results in yet another flame
fest.