Digital BW, The Print

You guys crack me up. You just enjoy the debate. Please remember the original 
comparison was with regard to CD standards, not digital audio recording. The 
latter is far better today that when the CD standard was set. Unfortunately 
you are still listening to commercial CDs not optimal digital audio 
recordings that would be great if only a commercial CD were up to it. 

So getting back to photography try this one. Take a 4x5 negative and send it 
over the WEB reformatted as a GIF file = today's digital audio capabilities 
but made available on a CD.

Also be wary of the golden ears arguments. They have been around for ever - 
mainly because they are so self-aggrandizing, impossible to validate and 
dumb. The world's most prestigious audio society actually tried to establish 
a standards committee to deal with that issue. Guess what - no one could 
agree on any objective way to deal with it. Bias is well and thriving.

Bill


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