I like to think of digital music as snapshots of sound. Just like video is just many still pictures in a row, so is the information on a CD just a “picture” of the sound at that millisecond.

MP3′s are just an extreme of that. We only need to see 24 pictures a second to see it as video, but it’s not good video. In the same way, MP3′s have just enough information to be recognized as music, but not good music.

Thanks for your comment,
Ben

I hope you have found my ebook a worthwhile read. Yes, I did discuss the ‘vinyl vs. CD’ debate, one that will be going on long after we are gone. I also used the term ‘binary sound’, which is what I give to digitized music. Vinyl records are a fingerprint of the sound as it was recorded, while digital sound is just a picture of that fingerprint-something is lost, and it is a shame that others can’t hear it.

Enjoy the ebook and feel free to email me with your comments.

Best Regards,
Robert Benson
http://www.collectingvinylrecords.com