[Steven Sullivan]

Harry Lavo wrote:
"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Scott" wrote in message


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(Or) how silly or not silly the writers at Stereophile or TAS look?

The adulation of die-hard LP adherents some 27 years more or less after
being totally and utterly obsoleced by the audio CD was clearly stoked by
these writers. Advertisers paid these jounals hard, cold cash for
advertisements based on their ability to encourge possibly otherwise
sensible people to spend and spend on meaningless "upgrades" again and
again.

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You are aware that at the time CD's were released that The Abso!ute Sound
still was being published with no manufacturer's advertising, are you not?
And five years later it was still accepting ads only from dealers, not
manufacturers. If you are not aware, then stop slandering the audiophile
press. Early CD's on early CD equipment were often unlistenable to many
audiophiles. I have in my possession some of the promo copies of the first
CD releases...The King and I, among others. On my 1989 Phillips CD player
it was literally unlistenable and sounded like it was being played back
through a kazoo (and I only exagerate slightly). Most didn't sound that
bad, but digital glare was much in evidence.

Digital glare, Harry, or just naive digital mastering? There was a learning
curve involved in the latter, you know.





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-S
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