[jogiba]

I purchased a Toshiba portable CD player in April 1991 when I was in Hong Kong and it is a joke compared to what is available today for portable audio players IMHO. I use Etymotic ER-4P in-ear headphones with my 64GB iPod Touch G4 that has room for all of my music and many HD movies along with over 300 apps that I have on it were I could listen to free streaming music at home or anyplace that has wi-fi and is much smaller than the iPhone 4 but with the same 960x640 3.5" Retina display . I could fit my iPod Touch 4G in my wallet and there is no way I would carry a portable CD player around today .
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[johnmflores]

I remember when CDs first came out and purists (audio-peepers?) complained about the harsh high frequencies, retreating to their rosewood belt drive turntables and tube amps. Funny how CD's have now become the benchmark...

[jolepp]

I suppose the CD 44.1 kHz sampling rate is pretty slow for signals around 20 kHz, apparently our ears get less discerning towards the higher frequencies.

[séamuis]

I remember when CDs first came out and purists (audio-peepers?) complained about the harsh high frequencies, retreating to their rosewood belt drive turntables and tube amps. Funny how CD's have now become the benchmark...

Vinyl and a quality turntable is still the benchmark.

[jogiba]

Vimeo

Or you could get a $300,000 turntable to get better quality.
Goldmund - Reference II

[Nowhere Matt]

I remember when CDs first came out and purists (audio-peepers?) complained about the harsh high frequencies, retreating to their rosewood belt drive turntables and tube amps. Funny how CD's have now become the benchmark...

I think that many will say it has simply been a steady fasting for convenience. Much like the cd and "cd quality" are now facing such low numbers against file sharing and low bit rate conversions on a myriad of tiny digital devices. You guys know the arguments. Film versus digital. Vinyl (analog) versus bit sample. It's why we don't churn our own butter anymore.

And I heard a guy one time lament that unless the turntable was anchored in a cement base, vinyl still has many flaws.

I a guy who has even taken a cassette recording of a bootleg vinyl record, recorded it bit per bit to digital disc and then transfered that by 128 bps to an mp3 player so I can listen to Music From The Film Pink Floyd The Wall.
The only thing I don't listen to anymore is 8-track 'cause my tapes keep breaking at the zinc strip.