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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
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alfa100
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i have Tidal , SACD, Hi Rez on hard drive and red book cd.
Red book cds off my MSB transport to MSB DAC sound best to me.
i listen to Tidal to discover new stuff and when Im too lazy to pull out a cd. I listen to Hi Rez and titles off my hard drive when want to listen to my own collection but mainly when i am lazy.  i always end up being most satisfied when i play red book CD
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alfa100
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BTW  MSB has designed and built a new proprietary R2R architecture that far exceeds the performance of the original ladder DAC design. 
randy-11
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recording & mastering is usually done in PCM, not DSD

really makes you wonder if DSD is really giving you better SQ...
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mountainsong
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I have aurender,  tidal,  PS audio DS,  TT but my Luxman  D08U is in another league.  I'll be spinning as long as I live. 

parasounder68
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Dear sir, I have and adcom GDC 700 HDCD decoder listening to an hdcd encoded cd is like night and day compared to redbooks. The dynamics are incredible, you hear instruments and vocal inflections you never thought possible through your system. Blake Sheltons newest cd is recorded in hdcd and the sound is off the charts. Some on this forum seem to think its no big deal, but take it from me it's a big deal, look for an adcom 700, 250-300 used. You will thank me.
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