I need to react to the comments made in the CD vs. MD
comparison (mentioned before; but now as a part of the
Circuit City thread). First let me say that it's nice
to heat the CC will continue to support MD...when do
they start? My local CC has 1 deck (the Sony dubbing
deck, and three porties).
Now to address the comments vs. the two media. I am a
relative newcomer to MD (about six months now). When
I first bought my Sharp MT-15, I did alot of
comparative listening. Now, I do not consider myself
to be a "golden ears" (and resent that people use that
term in a duragatory sense to refer to anyone who
takes the time to listen very carefully); but I have
heard in some instances differences between the two
media. The differences I have heard have been noted
before:
1. In one chamber music recording, a low chord on
piano translated to a sound that more resembled
someone blowing across a microphone than the ofiginal
chord (this was about 5 seconds - the rest of the disc
sounded great)
2. In a recording of classical guitar concerti, the
guitar sound was a bit drier than on the
original...same for a recording of Mendelssohn trios.
I have not encountered a rock or jazz recording in
which I noticed a difference. Someone once noted that
ATRAC has a difficult time reproducing cymbals. I
listened over and over again to an Art Blakey CD, but
couldn't decide if I heard a difference or not.
Probably should have used a more recently recorded
disc..but I figured that it was a tie and I didn't
need to waste anymore time on it.
Now I doubt I would have noticed this without doing
extensive A-B comparisions with quality headphones.
My opinion. Yes there is a slight difference. But I
still love MD, the sound is great - the features are
great, and I will continue to use it so long as the
medium exists (and I hope that will be a long long
time).
But please don't slag someone (i.e. that nice CC chap)
for saying that there are slight differences. There
are, in some cases - just not enough of a difference
to really matter.
The real problem is a) that "near CD quality occurs
only sometimes ... the rest of the time it is IMHO CD
quality, and b) that people hear that MD is almost as
good as CD, and say "Why should I invest in something
second rate?" The problem is with the person who
interprets "near CD quality" as second rate, and not
with MD as a format.
Sorry for going off...but I wanted to say that.
James
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