Why CD players will never be dead

Chadeffect,

I apologize for my imprecise wording...I meant I didn't understand why anyone would want to change someone else's firmly stated preference..as if against their will. You are merely sharing your experience which is, of course, completely understandable.

As to the topic, which is whether the compact disc is dead, I think it's safe to assume people will hold on to their dicks as long as it suits them, floppy or otherwise. Thanks again Hevac1! Autocorrect has it's blessings...the results are often hilarious.

For instance it keeps changing its to it's. Argh!

Vhiner, LOL. Thanks back at ya.

hi chad:

i like a classic tube sound. the audio industry is not designing products which have that sonic signature. in fact designers are trying to get rid of as much coloration as possible.

i have heard many set amps, that have the modern tube sound, not the classic tube sound.

so, i will stick with my old cd player and probably be happier with it than with a device which reveals the imperfections and deficiencies of recordings

Hi Mrtennis,

I totally understand. What I would say is there is a level of digital accomplishment that is far beyond the reference digital of the past & is something that has happened very recently.

I have wrestled with the philosophy of whether a highend system is to be true to the source or not? After all most records have had a fair amount of work & money spent on them to sound the way they do. Then some enthusiast desides he wants it to sound different!

I guess in the end it is down to what you like. But in my experience a bandage over a problem eventually has to be removed. Is the tube output on your player there to bring life into a lifeless player? Maybe a DAC that's totally alive would remove the need for the added tube stage? After all there is a reason for many manufacturers of tube amps etc sounding less tubey.

Having said all that, I am using a power amp whose Genisis in the 1930s! Lol. In my defence I have a very simple signal path, with no extra connections & boxes etc. Just Source-power amp-speakers.