Why do my LP's sound better than CDs?

[markw]

The Victrola requires no EQ or electrical amplification to play back whats in the grove.
The same goes with todays albums if you could get the Victrola to spin at 33 1/2 rpm then it would still play, although it would ruin todays records. In fact electrical amplification is not needed to record. The Dictaphone comes to mind: http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recordi...PDRM1571c.JPEGI

Seriously, when is the last time you listened to one of these recordings? You're saying that a 78 rpm recording made in the 20's and 30's sounds better than a modern recording done in the digital domain?

And, since when is a dictaphone considered a "hi fi" medium?

Didja ever look at early pramps, say a Marantz model 7C, and notice all the different eq's they have on there? Wanna know why? Those early records (before 33 1/3, not 33 1/2, BTW) were recorded with a multitude of different eqs. RIAA was one of the later and became a standard, thankfully.

Granted, you prefer analog and all it's related idiosynchrisities and that's all well and good but you're going from the sublime to the ridiclous here trying to defend it. ...and in some cases, you're simply wrong. Now, where can I get some of those great sounding dictaphone recordings? Did they release DSOTM in that format yet?

Let's keep this discussion real, shall we?