Cross-posted from RAHE:

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It is my impression that

1. objectivists believe that commercial CDs from their
introduction to the market place to the present are
audibly transparent transfers of the signal used to make
them.

Whatever that means. Scott seems to be ignorant the details of how
recordings are transferred to a distribution format. There is often a need
for and execution of a process called "mastering" properly defined at
http://www.recaudiopro.net/faq/index.htm . If you understand the cited
document, then you can see the cans of worms this opens.

2. Objectivists blame any faults of commercial CD sound
to the poor quality of the original recordings or bad
choices made by mastering engineers but never blame the
actual digital conversion or manufacturing of those CDs.

More specifically, they aren't due to the limitations of the CD format.

3. Objectivists believe that CDs in the cases that no
tweaking has been done by the mastering engineers always
present a more accurate sounding version of that master
than any LP played back on any TT rig and thus will offer
a more accurate representation of the artists/producer/
engineer's intentions as well as a more accurate
reproduction of the master.

Finally Scott gets something almost 100% right.

4. Objectivists believe the often cited preference for
LPs to CDs when not a result of mastering differences is
often the result of euphonic colorations inherent in LPs
as a medium and that while some may like them they are
never more accurate to the master tape or even the
original sound of a live recording.

That makes 2! Good job (for you) Scott! The CD format is inherently
sonically accurate and the LP format is inherently sonically inaccurate.
That's the major reason why analog media has been scrapped wherever
possible.

A CD can be copied digitally and be indistinguishable from the original.

When a LP is copied to another LP by any means the results are almost always
a sonic insult. In in the best of times, the results may be mediocre.

5. Objectivists believe the primary source of preferences
for LPs over CDs by vinyl enthusiasts is mostly a result
of biases.

An inescapable conclusion, given the above - even Scott's kinda cloudy
version of it.

Let me know if I am making any misrepresentations of
objectivists beliefs on this subject.

If Scott were a real man he'd still post in RAO rather than hiding out in
the wossey world of RAHE. But he's a makeup artist - go figure!