[Audio Empire]

On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 07:41:50 -0800, Steven Sullivan wrote
(in article ):

Audio Empire wrote:
On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 16:53:36 -0800, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article ):

"bob" wrote in message

On Feb 5, 1:22 pm, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

The euphonic distortion argument IME pretty much falls flat.

In what way?

I know of no kind of nonlinear distortion that make a reasonable
selection
of music sound better to me.

That's called bias. The specific type of bias is called prejudice.

Bias may play a role in his preference. As in yours. Without
controlled testing of a specific case, you can't say otherwise.





But I'm NOT biased in this particular case. I merely acknowledge that digital
is superior and can provide the closest approach to the original sound that's
possible given current technology. But I also know that there are some LPs
that sound much better than the CD release of the same performance. I have
never argued that LP is somehow inherently better than digital, nor have I
argued that digital is perfect. My only argument here is with those who
dismiss either on some general criteria such as "vinyl is inferior, therefore
no vinyl record can possibly be worth listening to". To my mind that
particular opinion is untutored, terribly biased, and without merit.