"Tim Cook" <z99### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
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> Chambers wrote:
>> No, it means we'll finally be able to store our audio files with decent 
>> quality settings.  No more "Vinyl sounds better," guys!
>
> Been able to store audio files with decent quality settings for a while. 
> Ape, FLAC, et cetera.  The reason the "vinyl sounds better" guys make that 
> claim is, apparently, due to the digitizing process itself that makes the 
> *original* recording unacceptable to the audiophile's oh-so-sensitive ear.
>
> -- 
> Tim Cook
> http://empyrean.digitalartsuk.com
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You dont have to have an "oh-so-sensitive" ear to here all the artifacts 
that digitalising (is that a word? :) creates.  Its pretty easy to pick them 
out of the treble, its the one main reason I hate and wont use any sort of 
compressed audio, yuk!

Cheers Dre

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