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Rob wrote:
5. Sound. Few really knew what that 'digital' meant in terms of enjoying
listening to music. We were told it was better because it was digital,
and that really was an end to it. Of course, there were tangible
advantages, such as less crackle and pop, but quite how much this ever
got in the way of enjoying music was never made clear. And hindsight has
revealed that in many cases we were sold a pup - the digital
transcription was often a mess, and the scramble for 'remasters' had
begun.

The joke is that any analogue master ever made could just be transcribed
straight to CD - very unlike making an LP. But the suits had an obsession
about hearing any tape hiss which often meant chopping the ends of tracks.
Pure madness.

However, I've never bought a CD which was also available at one time as an
LP and would describe it as a 'pup'. Indeed, quite the reverse. Plenty of
CDs from old analogue masters which were originally only sold on very poor
vinyl.

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