Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

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D.M. Procida wrote:
I don't think people are that bothered about sound quality on the
whole.

Oh c'mon. The fact they were said to be near indestructible was a big
selling point.

Exactly - that's part of convenience rather than sound quality.
Treatment that would ruin an LP won't damage a CD. You can let a four-
year-old use an expensive CD player.

Why did you snip the crackles and pops bit? That was perhaps the biggest
selling point to many. Even brand new vinyl often had a few. And it only
ever got worse.

Because the selling point you mentioned was their indestructability -
which obviously isn't why *brand new* vinyl has pops and crackles.

It's quite true that CD doesn't suffer from vinyl's pops and crackles,
and I'm pretty sure most people didn't actively like the latter.
However, I am far from convinced that they were that bothered about
them, or indeed about most sonic defects.

Daniele
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