[Gllug] Purchasing music online

Peter Corlett abuse at cabal.org.uk
Tue Feb 3 10:17:23 UTC 2009


On 2 Feb 2009, at 23:15, Christopher Hunter wrote:
[...]
> The final stage (vinyl or CD) is an unfortunate compromise made
> necessary by domestic reproduction equipment.  CDs usually win, but  
> only
> because they're harder wearing!  I still don't like the "granular"
> distortion that's obvious with even the very best D-to-A converters  
> and
> filtering.

If it's obvious, they either weren't close to the very best, or you  
did this test some while ago. DAC technology has moved on from being  
just a bunch of calibrated resistors...


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