I went from thinking CD's weren't as good as properly handled old
analog to finding CD resolution, in comparison to dts, DVD-A and
SACD, to be so low as to be not worth it, without any intervening
phase of thinking CD's were wonderful. I can't tell the difference
between a CD that his been well ripped to VBR or 320 MP3, or aac+
for that matter, and the CD itself, so I also see CD format as kind
of wasted space in the digital domain.

I feel kind of sorry for it, as it goes the way of the cassette, the
LP, the R2R, the 8-track....each new format gets to enjoy a victory
as it destroys and obliterates previous media, despite their
wonderful aspects, but it's a hollow victory, and soon the suffer
the same fate, and yet again, people are forced to shell out x
percentage of their weekly income to buy yet another copy of Dark
Side of the Moon, when there was never anything wrong with the
original album they bought back in 1973 and when you threw in the
two posters that came with it....

I still listen to everything, including 78's. I like to hear
something new, something special. Last night I was experimenting
with the sound of a Caruso 78 in a large long room with 15' ceiling.
The bass reverberated and added an extra dimension. I also love
feeding old stereo stuff into various matrices, and of course PL-II,
which I still think is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

I highly recommend Queen II on vinyl, which sounds more "discrete-y"
than many discrete mixes I could name. But at the same time, I
recognize the absolute wonderfulness of Blue Man Group _Audio_ in
5.1, or the live 5.1 mixes on the newish Kraftwerk live DVD. Even
CD's have a place in my world, and whenever a medium dies, I snap up
the older ones I've always wanted (or always wanted to try) for
pennies on the dollar.