CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs...

Garfish, The crispness that you are noticing is probably a slight loss of bass in the transfer therefore the mids and treble are more noticable. I experience the same sort of thing when going from CD to Minidisk. Yes the quality is impressive. I had a recording studio for 10 years and it is amazing how inexpensive a decent recording is today when compared to ten years ago.

This in response to garfish and his interest in what vinyl junkies do when they only like half the music on an L.P. My experiance is since I have gone from C.D.to vinyl even the weaker songs are more enjoyable.I feel with C.D. the weaker songs are much harder to enjoy than on vinyl.If it sounds awesome to begin with it makes weaker songs more interesting.But if te song is plain garbage yep gotta get up,but as I've said before "to get the best requires more work" Also,my stylus does not crash into the groove.It is a very smooth and quiet landing as a great analog front end allows.If any of the anti-vinyl guys had true experiance with vinyl these discussions wouldnt happen.

See, didn`t I tell you he was sorry, now are you babys happy, can we now play ball again?.GREG

Dear lord carl are you trying to make a career out of these postings? Do you ever get off the sight and actually listen to music? heh heh. Just kidding. Your certainly a diehard. Yeah carl could lighten up a bit but I think he's a good asset to the sight. When nobody else was there for a question he was with at least something to post. and usually something informative if not enlightening. You usually can't get this much devoted time from someone even if you pay them. Anyways I've been there and we all need to not be so strong headed. And carl could tone it down a bit but I appreciate his comments and the time he puts into his postings. Better to have him the way he is than not have him at all!

I am pleased with the postings here. At least they are on the subject of music. Even a disagreeable posting at Audiogon beats the heck out of what's on my television in the front room. Carl has given me some hard words too, but we "fought" it over and we both survived it and now continue with our quest. I certainly understand the positions taken on all sides of these issues, from the strong personalities, format choices, equipment, and even set up. I am certain that a great deal of this conflict is because ALL OF YOU give a damn enough to fight for your belief in the music and the passion that accompanies it, and for that, I am most grateful. Remember, knowledge and experience are more valuable when they are shared. I hope everyone will try to make that experience easier and more fruitful.