On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:45:33 -0600, dave weil
wrote:

On 13 Mar 2006 06:03:09 -0800, " wrote:

It just seems that you're convinced that there's no improvement possible in the digital domain and CDs, at least in terms of the format itself.

Dave:

Apart from mixing all fruit (digital domain) and pears (CDs)

It's not "mixing" the concepts. It was meant to restrict the
conversation to the digital part of CDs, because as you noted, CDs can
be improved in other areas.

Where did he say CD can be improved in non-digital areas? It's not
exactly rocket science to decode a 44/16 signal with a 24/192 DAC chip
in a functionally perfect way, nor is it straining anyone's ability to
design an output stage with a hard-limited output voltage and a couple
of milliamps maximum current requirement.

Note also that, so far as the digital side goes, the ultimate
'high-end' transports such as the Mark Levinson 'Reference' still use
the same basic Philips or Sony transport mechs and error-correction
electronics, as cheap mass-market players.
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