​The Great Debate.

Which audio format sounds best?

​When I was a child in the 1960's, my parents had a collection of vinyl records that my mom would play on the big console stereo in the living room while she ironed the laundry and did housework. If Elvis wasn't playing, she'd put on Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. My old man would listen to the Dave Clark Five and Herb Albert. My old man was a drummer, so music was always playing in the house or in the car. On Saturday night, we sat in front of the TV and watched "Hee Haw" followed by "The Lawrence Welk Show." Back then, I didn't know the differences in music genres. I liked what I liked and never gave it a second thought.

In the 1920’s through the 1970’s, reel-to-reel tape was an alternative way to listen to music. It was also the way that music was recorded in studios before it got mixed, mastered and printed onto vinyl. In the 1960’s and 1970's, the 8-track tape was very popular. You could take your music with you and play it in your car. You, of course, would have to install t…