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- nosuchthing 12y ago"As long as you can measure the difference, the CD will be better than the vinyl, absolutely," says Kees A. Schouhamer Immink, a former Philips engineer in the Netherlands, who was a member of the Sony/Philips task force that created the compact disc standards. "But if you say the whole experience — just like smoking cigars with friends — [is better], well, do it. Enjoy smoking cigars with friends, and drink beer and brandy and enjoy listening to an old-fashioned record player. But don't say the sound is better. "You may say it sounds better to you. That's OK. That's a subjective matter." [0] http://www.laweekly.com/music/why-cds-may-actually-sound-better-than-vinyl-5352162 http://www.laweekly.com/music/why-cds-may-actually-sound-bet...
- bediger4000 12y agoStop me if I'm wrong, but aren't audiophiles notoriously gullible? They fell for "DiscWasher" back in the 70s, those green magic markers to color the edges of CDs in the 90s, and "directional" speaker cables not too long ago. This sounds like just another goof on audiophiles to me.
- falcolas 12y agoIf you replace "audiophiles" with "humans", then yes, you're right. Humans are gullible, notoriously so. Audiophiles are only human, so some of those traits pass along nicely. It's like calling hackers notoriously gullible because there are folks who buy $500 HDMI and Cat6 cables.