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RE: The sound issue is a non issue...

I just think the issue is silly. You don't need a blind test for something that has clearly audible differences. And with LP they do.

So what you do is simply have preference based listening sessions. That newspaper has a poll set-up - 61% so far prefer vinyl SO WHAT? If you're one of the 30% who likes CD better then you do.

I know Linn owners who dumped it for CD because they think CD is better.

This is one area where preference rules the day because there is no blind test necessary.

I personally completely understand why pops and clicks and surface noise are issues that CD lovers can't stand.

I never really understand the argumentative stance on the issue. The CD camp can surely also hear the merits of the LP when played by a good machine - there is an added perception of organic space - whether by distortion or whether it is capturing more of the recording or ambiance of the hall makes no difference to the human ear's perception of the event. It is there and it can be heard - and if your ear loves it then the CD will seem brittle hard edgy and thin by comparison. Again even if that added warmth is indeed distortion.

The argument to me is a moot one because you know it's fine to like added euphonic sound (Euphonic means pleasing - and why is that a horrid thing to have?) I mean why would anyone not want to own a "pleasing" to the ear system.

But hey I must really love it because I'll run that turntable into a SET amp and old fashioned wider than deeper speakers with low tech non pistonic woofers with paper drivers in an undamped box and then on top of that will buy a cd player that uses no oversampling, no digital or analog filters and no error correction or jitter reduction of any kind. And I am going to put all that into ONE system no less because it sounds clearer cleaner and less distorted than everything else I've tried by quite a large margin - so go figure on the darn fangled techno-babble.

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