"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 18:39:05 GMT, "Dave xxxx"
wrote:

Clare Newsome, editor of What Hi-Fi? magazine, says: "A lot of the tweaky
geeky stuff is gone, and what we are seeing is that quality isn't always
top
of the list any more," she says.

But there is some light at the end of the tunnel for the hard-core sound
quality freak. Vinyl and valves are very slowly beginning to make a
comeback, as a small but increasing number of music enthusiasts rediscover
the joys and sound reproduction of old fashioned analogue record players.

No, they're providing lots of entertaining magazine coverage, but the
market penetration of valves is negligible. All this talk of a
'comeback' reminds one of George Foreman............

Could it be possible that talk of the demise of venerable hi-fi buff terms
like wow and flutter, rumble, tracking error and signal-to-noise ratio may
yet prove premature...?

There's a slight catch in your argument, in that even 128kb/sec MP3
has better sound quality than vinyl................

And what has valves to do with analogue vs digital? Sounds like more
of a retro chic thing, than anything nto do with sound quality.
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

What a load of garbage....If 128kb/sec MP3 sounds better than your vinyl
replay equipment then you'd better start fault finding. Reduced bit rates
are becoming the norm nowadays, just look at DAB, deaf Joe Public accept it
all without a murmer. Never mind the quality feel the width...or lack of
width in DAB's case. I wonder how much bit reduction to cram more in the
powers can get away with? I'd be happy with 256kb/s MP3 not 128kb/s Sheeez