A sign of the times?


Overheard comment by a young guy trying to impress his girlfriend at a recent HiFi show.
" Downloads will never sound as good as CDs. CDs are just so much warmer."

jolymill
His girlfriend was all agog at the depth of his knowledge. His acne was positively glowing with pride.
jolymill

to my ears, downloads/files have an artificial smear that a CD/SACD disc does not.  A physical disc can sound warmer, yes.  Happy Listening!
I think this is highly amusing, obviously the reference being say 30 years ago it would have been vinyl vs CD with vinyl being warmer.

A sign of the times indeed Where it can be " claimed"a CD sounds warmer than downloads.

Very funny but likely quite true in some circumstances.