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10.3 Are CDs better than LPs?
Some excellent recordings are mastered digitally, and sound
great on LPs. This suggests that there is nothing inherently
bad about digital.
Some find that LPs sound better than CDs. Advocates of LPs
claim that the digital to analog (D/A) converter in home CD
players isn't up to the quality of the information on the disc.
They also claim that the analog electronics in a home CD player
can be poor.
Some believe that CDs do not sound like LPs because the CD does
not have the frequency response errors, the distortion, or the
stereo separation problems of LPs.
In general, though, there are good and bad CD players, just as
there are good and bad turntables, cartridges, and tone arms.
Any ultimate comparison would require ultimate equipment, which
is unaffordable. In moderately priced systems, there will be
some signal damage from the turntable system and some signal
damage from the CD player.
LP lovers often learn the nuances of cartridge selection, record
care, and even turntable and tonearm adjustment. They have
found that the turntable will sound different if the arm height
is adjusted, if the cartridge angles are changed, and if the
tonearm wire is moved. CDs do not offer as many avenues for the
home experimenter.
However, Audio Amateur Magazine has published modification
projects for CD players; particularly for Magnavox 560 and
similar European players. Audio Magazine has also published
such articles.
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