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State of the art CD player? Only if you do this.

Im getting irratated with CD player manufacturers saying every year we have eclipsed last years model, with what ever. upsampling, hi rez dacs, smoother, quieter transport, better parts wiring etc!!!! If you want to get the best fidelity (no im not saying vinyl. caught ya didnt I)If you want the best sound possible, best playback. The absolute best then just buy the digital recorder the music was originally recorded on !. The copy can only be as good as the mother right? How much are these digital recorders in major studios? If they are $5000 or $10,000, then how can someone be justified for spending 20,000 on a hi end brand player for CD playback? For analog it would take the master tape with the machine it was recorded on. Totally not feasable. But for digital? How can a consumer player sound better than the original recorder it was recorded on?? It cant!!! Ok maybe these pro models are several hundred thousand dollars. Then I'll admit you got me and I was wrong. The point of this is I want to know how much these pro models cost?? A quick search on google did not turn up anything over $3800! Im not well versed in digital. Are digital masters on tape, CD or hard drive? If its on digital tape well I'll understand. Mike
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sounds_real_audio
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Is it Bluer Anger or Blueranger. I like Bluer with lots of anger. I totally agree. This whole thing is just hype. Speakers, amps, vinyl and of course cd's. We did the RMAF with deHavilland this year and Kara Chaffee brought her new tape head preamplifier and played that. Though the tapes were 30 to 40 years old they had so much more band width, or density. Not quite the extension on the high end but still amazing.
I think we need a new source....
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
why not sell one's audio gear and attend live musical events. at other times, listen to a radio or cheap cd player.

the difference between real and a good stereo system is much greater than the difference between a so-called high quality stereo system and a mediocre stereo system.
hotmailjbc
571 posts
 
i read an article where an audiophile who has reviewed thousands of cds wrote that 1 percent were recorded well and correctly. i bet everyone on this forum will agree that a certain special cd will evoke a wow reaction and most are just ok to pretty good. on the better/more expensive cd players is it worth it to just get ok cd performance? i have many cds that sound marginal but i love the music anyway. so i just improved the dac and isolated the transport and thats the way i look at it.
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onhwy61
5,218 posts
 
Modern studios don't record in the CD format. Typically they record at higher sample and bit rates than 44.1kHz/16bit. Studios also don't typically use a stand alone recorder. The recording is more than likely recorded using a computer hard drive system with dedicated recording software. As a consumer you could get the same computer hard drive system and software that the studios use, more than likely ProTools, but you would then have to gain access to the high sample/bit rate files the studio used in order to exceed CD quality sound. Not a likely scenario.
rrog
1,958 posts
 
You're kidding, right? I guess you haven't figured out high end audio yet. I have a better question for you. Why does a power cord cost $16,000 when the recording was made with a $20 power cord?
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