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From: edhall@randvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Phil Karn and other CD nuts, please read!
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Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 16:23:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  6 16:23:12 1984
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I think Tom Buckley is using a false analogy.  Distinguishing and
appreciating fine wine takes practice, patience, and perhaps talent,
along with the frequent opportunity to sample fine wines.

It ain't the same in audio.  If realistic reproduction is the goal
of audio, then we each have the epitome of that goal presented
to our ears 24 hours a day.

You don't need a sound system to be a careful listener.  In fact,
I have a certain distrust for the opinion of someone whose greatest
exposure to music is through electronic reproduction, no matter how
refined the equipment.

So if you want to become a better judge of *reproduced* sound, develop
a good familiarity with the real thing.  Spend your money on concerts,
not on the latest high-cost fads in synthetic sound.

		-Ed Hall
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