I believe so. I remember when CDs first appeared, we used to makes tapes of them and then A/B test. With Dolby Noise Reduction(C) over speakers nobody could t

I believe so. I remember when CDs first appeared, we used to makes tapes of them and then A/B test. With Dolby Noise Reduction(C) over speakers nobody could tell the difference and I had young ears back then. The quiet parts of Jazz or classical on newly recorded stuff through headphones there was less hiss, but for rock little difference. But they were always advertising new Xbit Digital to Audio conversions. Even my headphones had a "for digital" sticker on them (Sonys MDR-V6s and I don't think there was anything digital about them...) I think its about feeling you have something special. Of course now we've come full circle and records are the new best sounding thing.. I remember having to clean them and hearing pops and skips... but here we are. but I'm old and my ears are happy with mp3s....