Re: [ARSCLIST] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] CD Longevity (was Vinegar syndrome audio tapes (now MP3)

[Frank Strauss <frank.strauss@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Karl-I guess I may fall into the hearing damage category.   Besides 
running a highspeed dental drill for 35 years, I also play snare drum in 
a bagpipe band.  I use hearing protection for the band.  I am thankful 
that I can turn the volume up when I listen, because I love music.  I 
listen to my iPod with B&O A8 ear phones, and am still in the process of 
burning some cd's to try to determine how much difference my ears can 
tell between cd quality, Apple Lossless and MP3 at 196 kbs. I will try 
this with both the A8's and my faithful AR 2ax's.  Fortunately I have 
most of the original cd's that I have stored on my iPod.  Whether we 
like it or not, there is a huge body of folks listening to their iPods, 
probably too loud.  I would suspect, though, that many are not actually 
listening to "music."