"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"David Looser" wrote


This may be similar to the preference for "vinyl artefacts" in some
quarters, if you are used to the presence of such artefacts you may
regard their absence as a reduction, rather than an increase, in sound
quality.


It is true that most CDs that have a 'twin' LP sound 'sterile' and
lifeless by comparison....


And do you like the artefacts of data compression just as much?


My 18,000 or so MP3s are (mostly) at 256K. Here are two clips I posted and
asked 'which, if any, sounds the best?' without reply:

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/FileOne.wav

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/FileTwo.wav


The thing is one is from a vinyl recording and one is from the CD and they
are both 256K MP3s saved as Wavs. Unless it's me, I can't tell them
apart.,,??

The 'artifacts' you and your kind go on about *ad nause* simply don't exist
to the degree that they impinge on the music excepting, of course, the odd
crackle and pop which frankly doesn't bother me. If it helps you understand:
I find the noise the needle makes when it goes down on the record most
inviting and I find it enhances the anticipation! ;-)