"Julian Fowler" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:49:16 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

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If even I, a self-styled 'vinyphile', who is not in the least bit
discerning
when it comes to 'digital' music and for whom MP3/128 will do perfectly
well
for those occasions when it is sufficient to only use digital music, can
easily tell the difference on a couple of CD/SACD stereo hybrid disks
(and
thereby deem it safe to presume that everyone else can) therefore ask
what
it is that makes the difference so obvious?

No good saying there is 'no' difference - a blind man could see it at
midnight, on a foggy day. (To maintain 'no audible difference' would be
to
demonstrate 'denial' on the level of some severe form of pathological
neurosis.......)

If there is an obvious audio difference, the overwhelming probability
is that the CD and SACD versions have (at least) been mastered
differently. I've yet to hear of any dual-format release where the
only difference is definitely known to be in the number of bits and
the sampling frequency used ...


I even wondered if the CD 'side' had been 'hit wiv a stick' to make the SACD
version sound better. (Worked for Minidiscs - they always came out a dB or
so 'fuller', I reckon... ;-)



Hmmm?

(How's that then? - Managed to ask a 'digital' question without using the
word '****e' once...!! :-)

Yes, but you used "mp3" which means the same thing :-)


Nowt wrong with an MP3/128 DAC'd through valves (or even on the computer)
when you haven got time to ponce about with records - still beats the ****e
you get on the wireless these days!