Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners?
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. |
Sounds like you upgraded your system and can hear the difference. CD? Haven't played one in years. Look at what CD players are trying to do. Upsample, refilter, balanced DACs. Everything to get over the shortcomings of the media. If you rip your LPs to 192/24+ your bit perfect jitter free hard drive will make you much happier. |
Well, I guess we’ve settled that 😁 I’m with those here who use streaming as a discovery tool, not for critical listening. Might change for me with a better DAC. Just not convinced a new spinner will have an onboard DAC as good as I can get stand-alone. Maybe I do that and hang onto the Oppo for a transport. I’m also with those here who like their physical media. More LP than CD … album art, liner notes, etc just SOOO much better (and easier on old eyes) 😁. But still … sigh … |
