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Who listens primarily to Redbook CD?

My primary (only, actually) source is a CEC TL5 Transport feeding an Audio Note Kit 1.1 NOS DAC through a Cerious Technologies Graphene Extreme AES/EBU digital cable. They are both decked out with CT GE power cords, Synergistic Research Quantum Black fuses, Herbie's Audio Lab Tenderfeet isolation footers, plus other misc. tweaks.

Sounds great, and I have very little desire to add another source. Pretty much all the music I want is available on CD, and is usually quite cheap. I hope to upgrade to an AN factory DAC (3.1x/II, or better, would be nice), and a Teo Audio liquid metal digital cable (I have their Game Changer ICs, and absolutely love them!) in the future.

Who else is happy with Redbook CD as their primary source?
tommylion
alexatpos
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Jazz is the music that I like and since there is no chance man could find all editions that wants on new lp's (even if one could afford it), Rbcd format provides the biggest choice.
There is also a matter of owning (holding it) the actual product..
Using the Dcs Puccini player, looking to bulid up sacd collection because of it as well...
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jond
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Also looking to redbook pretty much exclusively both my own ripped cd's and tidal streaming. Running my streamer into an Audio Note Dac-3 Signature super musical!
rpeluso
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I do.  Two systems, one with Luxman D06, one with Luxman D05u.  One Vandy 5A speakers, the other VS Unified 3 mk2.  Love each.  
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akg_ca
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REGA ISIS Valve cdp/DAC fronting a REGA OSIRIS integrated amp with a full NORDOST FREY cable array..... a Goliath killer spinner/DAC that works for me.

now, throw in a premium grade XRCD format silver disc, and it takes it all to an even higher performance level. 
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georgehifi
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teo_audio113 posts06-09-2017 2:01am
I tend to listen to redbook, for the most part, but I’m using a ladder or R2R DAC. No delta-sigma single bit DAC here.
Which makes a huge difference, IMO. When folks hear it they keep asking me how to get that incredible sound out of digital.

+ more than 1 on this teo_audio, as DSD dacs (Delta Sigma) don’t do pcm Redbook (cd) justice, as it’s just presents a facsimile of what a pcm (cd) really is.

Cheers George
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