[Audio Empire]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:07:00 -0800, Robert Peirce wrote
(in article ):

In article , bob
wrote:

What they should have done is told the truth to their readers about
*why* CD sound quality was sub-par. But that would have been very bad
for business.

I have been reading Stereophile and The Absolute Sound for years. It
took them a long time to figure out what the truth was, assuming they
know for sure today. All they knew was that it wasn't right, something
even I could hear early on. As they have learned more they have
expounded on what they thought was the problem. They may still not be
telling the truth, but if so, it is because they don't know it not
because they are dishonest.

Let;s face it, the reason is not all that obvious. A demonstration between a
well mastered CD and a commercial release will certainly show how the latter
is compromised (inappropriate EQ, poor bass, narrow dynamic range, etc.) but
it won't show WHY.