Bmpnyc, great story about the industry. Do you know Russ Burger from JPR, the design group for Sony/CBS. He and I used to work together when I was a rep for a bunch of audio lines some years ago. He too ran a Recording studio, and even did some work for commercials as well. His experience with JPR landed him the job of keeping Woody Allen's NYC apartment quiet and isolated from the annoying sound of the nearby elevators. Russ absolutely hated CD, and the last time I spoke to him, he seemed to have not changed his mind. On to the other topic, your comments about digital imaging being new is true, compared to film. And true too, the CD is 20 years old. However, the CD format was set "in stone" 20 years ago and cannot be altered or there would be compatibility problems. And digital imaging can and does change frequently, as different systems are introduced. The good news is with digital cameras, at least the professional versions, is that it need only fit the existing "film" cameras in the area where normally the "old" film format goes. The primary ones are designed to fit professional cameras like I use, Hasselblad, and view formats like the Sinar 4X5 camera from Switzerland. Back to audio, the comment about listening to a turntable, I hope that it will be with a great cartridge, tonearm, and superior phono stage. If not, you still will not have heard analog at it's best. I have stated in other postings that I would love for digital to be in my system, and I was sincere. Perhaps things have changed drastically since three years ago when I had my big digital "shoot out". I had Theta, Krell, Number Cruncher, Wadia, Sonic Frontiers, Barclay, CRC, Audio Research to name a few. The tests went on for almost seven months, and end the end I was frustrated. I could not find a digital system that delivered the quality of resolution that my high end turntable did. By the way, if you are looking to test a turntable, go no lower than the big VPI or Basis. It would be Preferable to listen to a Walker or Clear Audio.
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