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Do you remember your first cd?

There was a thread concerning Bose 901s the other night and it started me thinking about how early cds sounded on those speakers. The first cd I purchased was Scarecrow by John Mellancamp way back in 86 I think. That cd sounded ok back then but if I were to put it on now the sound would drive me out of the room. I haven't been able to listen to it since the 901s left. Another early cd is U2s The Joshua Tree which also sounds horrible now.
Just wondering now how many can recall their first cd purchase and whether they are listenable still?
timrhu
eddaytona
216 posts
 
Don Henley's "Building the Perfect Beast." Played on a portable CD player bought in Japan in '84 through my roomate's stereo. Sounded amazing at the time without pops and clicks etc. Played through a lower end hi-fi it was a dramatic improvement. Still sounds good in my current system.
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raytheprinter
1,234 posts
 
i dont recall my first CD but i remember my reaction,,(this sounds hard and edgy,,i want my turntable back)
hack
185 posts
 

I bought the first Peter Gabriel CD and Tchaikovsky's 1812 (Telarc). Believe it or not they were the only two CD's available when I bought my first CDP (I'm guessing this was in 1983). I bought the "perfect sound forever" early on, I apologize to my turntable daily.
cornfedboy
1,645 posts
 
cd- flim & the bb's, "neon," ca. 1986
lp- van cliburn, tchaikovsky’s 1st piano concerto, ca. 1959
45- the platters, "great pretender," ca. 1956
zoya
120 posts
 
Pink Floyd - the final cut.
I remeber - each truck starts at very low volume, so I kept increasing it. And than on track 7, after very low volume, the explosion came. I thought I blew all the windows in the house. I haven't listened to it for a very long time.
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