"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"John Phillips" wrote in message
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On 2007-11-18, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Iain
Churches wrote:

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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Jim. If you are not satisfied, complain, complain, complain.

I did so for decades. Got nowhere. In classical music things
improved when
CD came along. But it looks like that was only temporary in rock/pop
music.
Fortunately I still have LPs of most of the old rock/pop I like. So
I can
simply not buy the new CD versions in most cases. I wonder how the
record
companies count up people like myself who fail to appear at all on
their
sales, don't return with a complaint. Presumably assume we don't
exist.

Exactly. In recent years I have occasionally bought CDs of modern
rock or
popular music (mostly I buy classical music but my tastes are
actually
very broad). Often (not always, though) I find myself feeling very
edgy from just the sound quality. The result: I don't buy more
modern
music and the music industry thinks their loss in CD sales is because
I'm downloading unauthorised copies for free.


John. Did you bring the matter to the attention
of anyone who might be in the position to do
something about it?

This "edgy" quality you mention is often mentioned, and
leads many to the (false) conclusion that CD is inferior
to vinyl. :-((


JP didn't say the sound was 'edgy' as your reply seems to imply (?) - he
said the sound quality made him feel 'edgy'!

I can relate to that entirely and would go so far as to say the
*unedgyness* I feel when listening to LPs is quite possibly why I prefer
them!!