Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site olivej.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!oliveb!olivej!greg From: greg@olivej.UUCP (Greg Paley) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: CD recommendations Message-ID: <229@olivej.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 13:08:59 EDT Article-I.D.: olivej.229 Posted: Tue Oct 2 13:08:59 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Oct-84 05:56:57 EDT References: <3195@rabbit.UUCP> Organization: Olivetti ATC, Cupertino, Ca Lines: 34 I'm grateful for the specific CD recommendations. Of David Johnson's recommendations, I had already tried out the Stratas Weill record and the Telarc "Carmina Burana" and will try to get ahold of the others. His comment about the fact that these recordings have as much depth as he can get from his equipment (2 to 3 feet) brings up point that must be emphasized. On "mid-fi" equipment (I hate to use the term, but I don't know how else to put it) there is no argument - digital, and the CD in particular, will sound better. Most equipment that will be found in your average mass-market stereo dealer does not have the kind of resolution needed to hear the best qualities of the best analogue sources, yet does reproduce their noise and obvious distortions. On such equipment the silence of CD's will register as a big plus, and the different types of distortions they have will not be as audible. Dick Grantges mentioned recently that his reference for analogue LP's is a Sony PX-600 with a Shure V-15-5. I'm familiar with both the turntable and cartridge and, not meaning to be personally offensive to someone else's choice of equipment, have to say that this combination (the Shure cartridge in particular) is not going to give the LP a real chance. If his amp, preamp, and speakers are of the same level of resolution, I can well understand why he prefers the CD since, again, the negatives of analogue recording will be audible on such a system but not the advantages. - Greg Paley