[photo-3d] Re: The Old Stuff

[Gee <73157.2172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Dottle writes:
>I did an A-B comparison for my brother. I have a near virgin vinyl
>record of Def Leopard, and the CD. I played the same track while
>switching my receiver input between turntable and CD player. Volume gain
>was closely matched. The LP won hands down. CD's give the impression of
>superior sound due to the absence of mechanical noise found with LP's. I
>still favor many older technologies due to quality superiority, not
>convenience.          Mark Dottle

Not to keep beating a dead horse here, but... all things being equal, a CD
will sound
better than an LP.  I suspect that the reason Mark prefers the LP version
of his Def
Leopard album is because the CD he was comparing it to was a poorly
mastered CD
from the early 80's where an inferior tape source was used and re-equalized
for CD.
I also believe that much of the CD vs LP debate is due to the switch from
RIAA equalization
to a flatter eq. curve for CD's.  LP's have a more trebley, "transparent"
sound.  LP's also have
distortions of wow and flutter that are practically non-existant for CD's.

I own several hundred CD's, many of which I also own the album versions of.
 I have some
LP's that do sound better than their CD counterparts, but they are the
exceptions rather than
the rule.  The worst part of the LP to CD conversion is the loss of the
great artwork.  Very
few CD's are ever given deluxe, oversize packaging the way the LP's were. 
As I stated
previously, old technology is not automatically better or worse, and new
technology isn't either.
It just depends on how that technology is used.

                                                                          
Derek Gee