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To me, the problem is....

...the irrelevant technical specifications of CD (wow/flutter, S/N ratio, THD et c) that makes the digital/analog comparations pointless. The weak points of CD can't be measured in the same way as we measure analog audio. Bit-resolution, for example: how much is enough? 16, 24, 48? There's no methods of measuring quantization error and come up with values of any relevance. The only thing one can do is listen for it. Some hears it, others don't.

The resolution is also highly dependent on the converters ability to deliver very exact voltages, like 1,00000000000 Volts (or something like that...). This ability (linearity, i think it's called) is something I've never specified in a product brochure. THD and S/N ratio is always presented, although highly irrelevant for a CD-player. It has other kinds of shortcomings.

My point is that until digital systems can be measured properly, meaning measuring their weaknesses as well as their strenghts, we will have to judge for ourselves.

Am I the only one getting tired of people who claim that people who listen to vinyl do so because of the imperfections that makes the sound more appealing? And, even worse, "CD is more accurate"? I'm not saying it's either wrong or right, I just wonder what makes anyone qualify to make these statements? What is "more accurate"?

Cheers,

/Peter

PS. I can sometimes find a CD reissue to sound better overall than the best mint original vinyl pressing I can find, BUT this rarely happens. DS.



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