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Chris Jones[_3_]

On 02/06/2017 04:33, wrote:
On Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 9:42:14 AM UTC-4, Phil Allison wrote:
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So you're an idiot.

If you think audio fidelity was high on the Compact Disc design team's
agenda you're quite delusional. The CD format offered a few obvious
improvements over vinyl: zero wow and flutter, no surface noise or rumble
and better dynamic range. Since most people at the time the CD hit the
mass market had a crappy turntable, crappy cartridge/needle, and vinyl
discs that weren't particularly well cared for, the improvements the
CD offered really stood out.

** Can't let that pile of idiotic bull ****e go by.

FACT is :

Philips and Sony had FIDELITY at the top of their list - so the proposed new system would have no possible sound quality shortcomings.

Bull****. If they really wanted true fidelity they would have had a much better sampling rate. This was clearly a mass market solution with a lot of advantages, except one. Folks with tin ears find CDs without flaws.

This page has a pretty good discussion of it:

https://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html