[Audio Empire]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:48:45 -0800, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article ):

"Audio Empire" wrote in message


I feel the same way. Like I said, I don't dismiss any
source of music (except iTunes store stuff. Everything
I've ever downloaded from them sounds execrable).

Given that iTunes seems to have a reasonable cross-section of music
available, and a delivery system that passes technical scrutiny and works
for millions, this seems to be an incredible claim.

I can't help that. I listen with MY ears, you listen with yours, and as has
been demonstrated here more than once, we don't hear the same things. I hear
MP3 artifacts, you seem not to. I hear an improvement in high-resolution
digital formats, you seem not to. I don't hear many of the "gross
distortions" that you say makes it unpleasant for you to listen to vinyl.
About the only thing we agree on - sound wise if that wire doesn't have any
sound.

Another thing too. I don't download the type of music that the vast majority
of iTunes customers downloads. Maybe the rock generations don't care (or more
likely, don't notice) how awful iTunes Store downloads sound, but the type of
music that I have downloaded is, essentially, unlistenable that way. I will
admit that I haven't downloaded anything for a couple of years (who would
want to pay for another round of that terrible experience?) and they might
have cleaned-up their act, but if so, somebody else is going have to prove it
to me!

LP has a sound, sure, but it can be a very pleasant sound.

As I've just posted elsewhere, essentially a moot point given how few people
actually play LPs any more.

And as I have posted elsewhere, that's a very myopic and fact-free view of
the market.

CDs can be darn neigh perfect, or they can be very unpleasant.

Such are the slings and arrows of being a sonically perfect medium. It's the
messenger, not the message.

I didn't say that it wasn't due to poor production. In fact, if you've been
paying attention to this thread, you'll notice that it's been my position
since the beginning.

I've downloaded High-Res music from H-DTracks only to find it
unlistenable, and other tracks I've
downloaded have been great sounding.

That seems to be reasonable. It's also the messenger, not the message.

Good music and good sound is where you find it.

That's the basis that most of us work on.

Not really. You seem to go out of your way to eschew vinyl, and I suspect
that you're not alone. Or it that just hyperbolic rhetoric on your part?