Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners?
Retired and happy to stick with the humble CD they sound Ok to me in my Naim CD555DR. Nothing wrong with that Naim, about as good as you’ll get for a one box player, best Multibit R2R dac chip, with last best HDCD chip and the transport’s no slouch either, but the laser will be a problem come replacement time. R2R Dac-PCM1704 – HDCD-PMD200 Laser- Philips CD-Pro 2M Cheers George |
Oh man, physical music collections are so quaint. Roon with Tidal and Qobuz let me explore new music EVERY DAY. My musical knowledge is growing so quickly these days. New, old, whatever. Incredible sound quality if you invest in a good digital setup. Why would I want to be a slave to my very finite collection? Sometimes I listen to random tracks, sometimes whole albums, it’s all good! Bonus feature: a lot less non-recyclable plastic garbage in my house. |
And they sound better than that compressed stuff that’s streamed or downloaded, but hey your right, it is good for ipods/earphones/car/ and background dinner music (remember "dynamics" if you have no quite notes you can’t have any loud notes to startle you) https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/cd-quality-versus-streaming-quality/post?postid=2216248#22162... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ&ab_channel=MattMayfieldMusic Cheers George |
No I still love albums, cds, and sacds. It gives me pride of ownership, something tangible. I’ve ripped cds and bought digital files and they don’t seem to sound the same. It’s probably me. Also I find myself not playing them as often. That being said, my preparations for the future have been to go with a separate transport and DAC. With my McIntosh MCT 500 transport I can also play usb files, just plug in a flash drive loaded with dsd files or whatever. So that make me happy. |
