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Originally Posted by Sion
this was certainly true in the infancy of digital music, when analog recordings were first being digitized. the initial digital mastering of many great records suffered in that respect (a prime example being the Led Zeppelin catalog,which was dreadful upon first cd release, but was later remastered by Jimmy Page himself and suffers no loss of fidelity in comparison with vinyl.) and in today's recording industry, most (all?) music is digitally recorded by highly skilled professionals. the initial short-comings of digital music have long since been overcome.
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The Led Zeppelin Remasters set sounds awful, everything is clipped and muffled. I've never heard a decent quality Zeppelin CD.
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Originally Posted by Sion
JinnKai...that reminds me of the debate about the merits of high-end (read high $$) audio cables...the ones with the gold-plated jacks and/or gold braided in the cabling itself.
I've seen data from an electrical engineer that says that the whole thing is a load of bullocks....unless your cables are over 50 feet in length (which few are) then plain old copper speaker cables are just as effective and way cheaper.
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The only problems that can be caused by cables are corrosion on connectors, bad connections, signal loss over long distances, and electromagnetic interference. I work in A/V, and as long as your cable is designed for the load you're putting on it (no, a $5 Radio Shack cable will not power your 800W speakers without melting,) there's no difference unless there's a lot of interference.
If you live under high tension power lines or next to an obnoxiously powerful radio station, you might have to shell out extra for well-shielded cables, otherwise you're better off buying whatever is on the shelf, or better, making you own so you get exactly what you need and don't have extra cable lying around to absorb interference, attenuate your signal, or electrocute your cat when he chews through it.