According to a recent Stereophile poll, audiophiles now rely on musics servers more than CD players.
In fact, there are now 4 server listeners for every 3 CDP listeners!
My own experience supports this. In fact, I have not even turned on my high-end CDP since “going server”!
Not only is my server more convenient, it sounds better!
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Accomplished producer Burnett lashed out at CD and [iTunes-quality] downloads in this interview:
“We’ve been fighting digital sound since it came out twenty years ago…music’s gotten to a place that’s harder to listen to. It’s stepped down from tape to digital to compressed digital, so people are now listening to a Xerox of a Polaroid of […]
Trivia question: Which famous leader imposed a law changing the “A” tone from 440 Hz to 432 Hz?
Answer: The Nazi Joseph Goebbels.
For more on this fascinating (and very sad) saga, click here for the website dedicated to the topic.
For a broader discussion of the history of pitch, try this or this.