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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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gdhal
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Free tip to anyone with a lot of CDs. Always store them vertically, not horizontally. The sound will be much better. Please don't ask why.

Doubtful anyone would ask why, because your statement is not true.
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jond
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@rhyno LMAO best case yet for cd's and no one seemed to get it. But dear lord dude that's a lot of cd's I have to admit I've never been happier since getting into streaming,  jewel cases are the work of the devil!
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gdhal
Geoffkait: Free tip to anyone with a lot of CDs. Always store them vertically, not horizontally. The sound will be much better. Please don’t ask why.

Doubtful anyone would ask why, because your statement is not true.

Huh? A statement of mine not true? That’s seems highly unlikely. It is your statement that's not true.

electroslacker
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Cd's are an object lesson of respecting scientists dealing intelligently with objective reality, rather the narrative folks speculating that other formats and sampling rates must sound better.  Mathematically, Redbook is solid, revealing its glory as better processing evolves.

Of course, Redbook will also faithfully store badly made masters, and faithfully deliver its information to badly-designed downstream equipment.
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@ electrostacker:

Exactly.  Fidelity ends when the original recording session ends.  Wrapping an analog recording from the 1970's in a 24 bit package does not make that recording have greater fidelity. And ripping a CD to 24 bit does not magically make it sound better than the redbook CD (are you listening Neil Young?). 

True Hi-Rez recordings must be recorded at 24 bit and retained at 24 bit throughout the recording and post production process. Almost all "high-rez" recordings being sold today are not better than Redbook.  Just another scam to get us to buy our music all over again.
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