[stripes1776]

Not quite the same. There is a richness that you get from an LP that you don't get from a digitized recording.

I have heard that same comment from several people. Perhaps it depends on how acute your ears are.

Who knows, maybe it is the compression algorithm. Lower sample rate songs are noticeable.

I agree with that if you have a good sound system. mp3 definitely throws acoustic information away.

Unfortunately, that is the digital world we live in.

True, but it does have some advantages. Portability is one. Also it's hard to scratch a digital file.

[ETL]

True, but it does have some advantages. Portability is one. Also it's hard to scratch a digital file.

I would need a small truck to hold the amount of music I can fit on my cell phone. Much of it is remastered and of excellent quality (on mp3).

[dhs12345]

And distribution has been prolific... no physical media anymore... Just pushing bits around on the Internet.

Digital is never quite as good as analog. Information is lost. It all depends on how good the reproduction is.

True, at some point it is immeasurable. But it takes a few years and improvement in the digital technology. What users are trading quality for is convenience and as you say, portability. Another note: many digital media sources (cable TV, Internet radio, etc.) tend to throttle the bit rate (quality) thinking that we wont notice. The average customer doesn't notice. I do. But is good enough.