A very good ENGINEERING explanation of why analog can not be as good as digital..

Geoff,  thought you listened to some little portable device. Batteries etc. How do you play LPs on that? Or do you just play cassettes?

Ahhhhhj, Geoff - why’d ya have to go poo poo all over my over generalizing point;)

Goeff is like the scorpion in this folk tale:
            .                  
The Scorpion and the Frog                       
A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion says, "Because if I do, I will die too." The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown, but has just enough time to gasp "Why?" Replies the scorpion: "Its my nature...

Elizabeth, yes, I listen to portable CD and cassette players. I see you were able to decipher my comment. 

An ordinary man has no means of deliverance.

Knowledge is what’s left after you subtract out everything you forgot from school.

last_lemming, the irony is it wasn’t even your generalization. 😬