Woebot
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A very nice article about CDs at The Quietus
http://thequietus.com/articles/24710-cd-revival-vinyl-revival-cheap-cds-compact-discs
"Add to this the fact that much of today’s new vinyl is exorbitantly expensive, prone to issues of quality control due to overburdened pressing plants, and often digitally sourced - which means a new LP is basically a big, expensive CD with added vinyl noise"
This I have been saying for years - ever since I was with dear departed Nick Kilroy witnessing the mastering of the early Junior Boys records.
Some of my own earlier thoughts on this:
http://www.woebot.com/search/label/Digital Audio
My answer? Keep your CDs - get a transport-only CD player and a very good DAC and you'll have rich, deep, and warm (yes) sound far eclipsing what you can get on a record (bless em)
The only gatekeepers to this being crap re-mastering.
http://thequietus.com/articles/24710-cd-revival-vinyl-revival-cheap-cds-compact-discs
"Add to this the fact that much of today’s new vinyl is exorbitantly expensive, prone to issues of quality control due to overburdened pressing plants, and often digitally sourced - which means a new LP is basically a big, expensive CD with added vinyl noise"
This I have been saying for years - ever since I was with dear departed Nick Kilroy witnessing the mastering of the early Junior Boys records.
Some of my own earlier thoughts on this:
http://www.woebot.com/search/label/Digital Audio
My answer? Keep your CDs - get a transport-only CD player and a very good DAC and you'll have rich, deep, and warm (yes) sound far eclipsing what you can get on a record (bless em)
The only gatekeepers to this being crap re-mastering.