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Old November 26th 10, 02:52 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
David Looser
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"David" wrote in message
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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Your body language when you demo your system probably cues them to
provide gracious responses.


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Are you saying that you think that any digital (CD) source is superior to
any vinyl source?

What do you mean by "source"?

Recordings are not all created equal, for reasons that have been discussed
here ad-nauseum many modern CDs sound crap. But yes, "any digital (CD)
source is superior to any vinyl source" under the following conditions: both
playing discs derived from the same original recording with minimal messing
about in the mastering, both feeding the same amp, speakers and listening
environment.

Put simply vinyl adds more (much more) noise and distortion to a recording
than CDs do. So the CD will always sound better unless some "mastering
engineer" has added distortion to the CD (and, sadly, they do), or the amp,
speakers or listening environment are significantly different, or, of
course, you *like* noise and distortion added to your recordings!

David.