30 Years of Perfect Sound?


http://kenrockwell.com/audio/why-cds-sound-great.htm

I'm interested get people's thoughts on this article.

Cheers,
Mark
markhyams
He can throw all the numbers and "logic" at me that he wants, but it doesn't
explain why my shoulders hunch and my brow furrows when digitally sourced
music is playing, and I relax and have a positive emotional response to analog.
24-bit adds nothing? Then why does 24/96 sound like a breath of fresh air after
listening to some 16/44.1 demos? And I'm talking about John Atkinson
personally demo-ing his recordings from his laptop, and the same thing from
Peter McGrath's laptop for demo-ing Wilson Sashas and Maxxes?
About KR.

Dunno anything else about him. He has a nice website though! And nice photography.

Nice looking kids too!
Markh,

Now I am curious, why the interest in this particular article?

Thanks.
I can tell you one thing about CDs, they can skip just as bad as a record if the scratch is in the wrong direction. This might be the fault of the CD player and not the Medium. I have had finger prints cause problems also, again this may be a flaw with the CD player. And DVDs are even worse but that is another story.

So bottom line, while the CD maybe the "perfect" medium, the CD player can become seriously flawed. Yes, a turntable can also become out of wack, but I can adjust it myself where-as a CD player I can not. So for portability I will use an iPod but at home it's Turntable only.

Being a Human Being, and thus imperfect, I will stick with the "imperfect" medium.