Re: Question

BlueBuyYoo wrote:
Mark Jones wrote:
Matt Casey wrote:
Will vinyl records replace CDs? I listen to audiobooks on CD and I
don't want to switch to vinyl. How much of the market will vinyl
records capture?

Not enough to worry about. I would guess very low single digits
percentage wise.

Minimal. Niche at best.

Most folk today have already sacrificed sound quality for convenience.
MP3 is already taking over from CDs and the comparison in sound
quality is pretty dramatic. Mini stereo systems and MP3 players have
dumbed down the sound quality accepted by the masses.

An MP3 sampled at 256K is close enough to CD quality that most
people will have trouble hearing enough diference to care.

Where I can hear a difference is between a 128K sample rate
MP3 and a Blu-ray movie playing the sound track in True HD format
through about $4000 worth of amplifier and speakers. A lossless
movie sound track can be truly amazing to listen to. It is in some
ways more impressive than the increase in picture quality.


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