30 Years of Perfect Sound?


http://kenrockwell.com/audio/why-cds-sound-great.htm

I'm interested get people's thoughts on this article.

Cheers,
Mark
markhyams
About KR.

Dunno anything else about him. He has a nice website though! And nice photography.

Nice looking kids too!
Markh,

Now I am curious, why the interest in this particular article?

Thanks.
I can tell you one thing about CDs, they can skip just as bad as a record if the scratch is in the wrong direction. This might be the fault of the CD player and not the Medium. I have had finger prints cause problems also, again this may be a flaw with the CD player. And DVDs are even worse but that is another story.

So bottom line, while the CD maybe the "perfect" medium, the CD player can become seriously flawed. Yes, a turntable can also become out of wack, but I can adjust it myself where-as a CD player I can not. So for portability I will use an iPod but at home it's Turntable only.

Being a Human Being, and thus imperfect, I will stick with the "imperfect" medium.
He should listen to gear more and report what he hears rather than make technical conjectures why he thinks something must sound better. For example I have been privy to listening tests between a top of the line Wadia (and other stuff) to a battery powered Hiface directly feeding I2S into a PCM1704 DAC chip - it murdered the Wadia - a joke comparison. I also have a Playback Designs DAC - via PCM its a bit ordinary compared to my reference DAC but via DSD it is in another league.

Thanks
Bill