Redbook Keeps Surprising

I had a Sony CDP-101 in 1984. After this I bought a Phillips CD player and later a Sony external PCM device which converted my SONY betamax video player into a PCM audio recorder. I bought an Onkyo CD player after this and later a Nakamichi and still later a Pioneer with the stable platter. Now I own a Rega Apollo and an older Sony ES player.

I run the Apollo into a Schiit DAC and the Sony into a Benchmark DAC.

I just play CDS and listen. If it sounds natural, I like it. Some CDs sound like crap, especially the early ones from the 80s and 90s. I do think the guys at Schiit audio make very good DACS that are up-gradable. That is a plus. I don't concern myself with PCM or ladder style DACs or multibit.
That makes me feel like a gearhead tech lover and I am a music lover.

If it sounds good to my ears.... great!

zephyr24069

... if I buy an CD, LP, SACD, Movies on DVD or BluRay, etc.. pay full price and thus abide by the law, play it, enjoy it, and decide to make a copy of it to retain (on hard-drive, etc.. which I very rarely if ever do in the first place) then sell it or give it away, what’s truly wrong with that?

It's a copyright violation, that's what's wrong, because you can't profit from someone else's copyright.  Whether that troubles you enough to avoid the practice is another question.
 

Is there a moderator we can reach out to?  Pretty clear that a warning is far overdue.

Why on earth would any of you ditch your physical discs?  You might need a back-up.  Further, it's fairly obvious that ripping and selling is wrong.

As for redbook, well, the sound quality will depend not only on the DAC but on the mastering work (same goes for hi-res PCM or DSD).  Those who are seriously interested should join the Steve Hoffman forum and search for threads discussing specific albums.

Cleeds: I do avoid the practice, please look at my system/room photos, you'll see I have what is a very large collection that is ongoing and constantly growing, not shrinking. I was asking a straight-up question and thank you for your answer.

Cleeds/others who know the law: One other serious question,...consider this scenario; I buy a disc from a regular retail source, pay the prescribed market price, listen to it, don't rip it or save it in any way and then grow tired of it, and give it to a friend/donating it; is that a violation of copyright law as well? Asking this as I've had the thought of leaving my entire setup and collection to my son but on the chance that when I leave this earth, he either accepts it full-on or if he doesn't want the hassle of what is now over 10,000 discs, I may ask him to donate it to a music library at a college that I favor but I do not want my estate in violation of copyright law.

I would think a lot of audiophiles with LP or CD/SACD/etc...collections would have similar thoughts (about family members at least).

One other side note; I mentioned the pictures of my system/collection; the shelf photos were taken in early July 2014; if you stop over today, you'd see there is alot more added and none subtracted (and much sitting on the floor in need of shelves). Not bragging, only further supporting the comment that I do in fact 'avoid the practice' as mentioned below.

dh901: if your comment about needing a moderator to issue a warning is directed in some way at me, let me know what your issue is, if one still remains and we'll deal with it.