30 Years of Perfect Sound?

"I'm still not sold on his premise that 44.1/16 is enough bits, as I've heard some pretty great 96/24 stuff, but I have to say that I've heard A LOT of great 44.1/16 stuff too."

I think there may be some cases where more is better, but I do think the CD medium was well thought to meet the needs of most (similar to how 33 1/3 vinyl was in its day) which is part of the reason it has lasted as long as it has despite much technical progress in the last 30 years that should have rendered it totally obsolete years ago and still more to come down the road.

No audio product has ever succeeded because it was better, only because it was cheaper, smaller, or easier to use.
Digital was ok the way it is. A Mass Market Medium. Some tried with a lot of money to push it in the "Perfect Sound" Category. This game didn't stop, so stay tuned :-)

" burn a copy of the manufactured cd onto a good quality cd-r and it improves "
If your CD burner is doing it's job the sound will be identical.

Reading over the rest of this man's site as pertains to audio I find a lot of contradictions and misinformation. I would take his opinions with a grain of salt.

No audio product has ever succeeded because it was better, only because it was cheaper, smaller, or easier to use.

Syntax,

What you said is so true, I believe it has been said that Beta was better than VHS but we all know that VHS had won out because it could record more time.

Then there was Laserdisc, I personal think that Laserdisc was personally better than DVD, especially the early DVDs (not Blu-ray).

Also don't forget marketing, if you spend enough money on marketing you can brainwash people into buying an inferior product thinking its the best product. For example, Bose has great marketing.