Quote Originally Posted by superpanavision70mm
You talk the talk, but you need to walk the walk sometimes too. I don't need to prove anything to you on this site. Anyone is welcome over to my place anytime to hear what I can hear. I don't make assumptions on what you have unless you are stating something that is totally opposite of what I have discovered with what I have. If I notice the difference that HDCD's make over reg. CD's and you do not...well there must be something wrong. I can only speculate that it's either a difference in system, hearing, or just opinion. You also feel strongly towards Dolby instead of DTS and once again I disagree, but you act like I am someone who has little knowledge of home theater or music. I don't claim to know-it-all, nor do I claim to be as experienced as others on this site...however, if a person starts a thread about HDCD's Vs. CD I am entitled to post my opinion since I have experience with both without having you attack my feedback, which doesn't hold water. Just because you don't like what I have to say on the matter doesn't give you the right to attack me in any thread. I also don't need scientific facts as this forum states in it's doctrine. This site is not about facts of science, since there is so much relativity. Finally, it's also not my fault that you 'get off' by inserted your unncessary BS in this forum and get enjoyment out of trying to prove others wrong. Find another hobby instead of polluting this area with your trash if you can't be civil. I am only defending my position.
Check this board sometime. I've posted plenty of listening impressions over the years. The difference is that I acknowledge the limitations of how much those listening impressions can be generalized. Noddin0ff and emorphien understand that other variables are in play anytime you do a format comparison based only on what's available to consumers. Whenever I write about SACD or 96/24 PCM, I will point out that the transfer was likely done under very different conditions, therefore the format itself might not be the biggest factor, if at all, in any sound quality improvements. All you have to do is compare one of Mobile Fidelity's hybrid SACD/CDs with a version of that same title done by somebody else -- the CD and SACD layers will sound more similar to each other than to the other transfer (one comparison I've done was to a 96/24 PCM disc, so resolution alone could not adequately account for all the sound differences).

Why you persist in mischaracterizing my posts just so that you can persist in these personal attacks is beyond me. Where do I ever say that I prefer Dolby over DTS? I have never stated that. And how does pointing out flaws in your broad generalizations constitute an attack or uncivil behavior? Are you expecting people to just accept your conclusions at face value? I simply question the avenue by which you reach your conclusions and the scope of your generalizations. Nothing scientific, just a simple dose of reality about how many other changes can occur whenever a CD gets remastered or transferred to a different format. Rather than acknowledging the limitations of what you have available to draw these conclusions, you've decided instead to hurl verbal jabs at the messenger. Doesn't make your position any less tenable.

There's a difference between defending your points and being defensive. From what I've seen, your responses do little in the way of substantive defending, if the best you can do is attack the size of someone's DVD collection and call their hearing into question.