"David Looser" 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


Actually you asked "which was the CD and which the LP", not "'which, if
any, sounds the best?"


OK, maybe I did.



There was very little to choose between them. I thought maybe FileOne was
from the CD only because it had less noise in the 'silent' portion at the
end. The sound was poor on both.

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.,,??

If you can't tell them apart how come "CDs sound sterile"?


Same way as 'LPs have artefacts'.



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,

Which is it: either "CDs sound sterile", or "artifacts simply don't
exist"?


Love the way you learned the 'judicious snipping game' - most impressive!
Who was your rôle model - Arny?

:-)


It's make your mind up time!


Ooh, such pressure!

Umm...

Errr...

OK, it's gotta be CDs sound sterile.