CD is not a dead format. Many great remasterings are happening and have happened in the past few years. I keep finding superior sounding recent reissues of Jazz and Classical on Amazon at great prices. E.g. Monteux's famous RCA Sleeping Beauty recording. I have 3 vinyl issues, including a 1s/1s but the bass is not the best and the vinyl pressings are not quiet, hurting the delicate parts of the music. The recent Australian Eloquence release, while missing a touch of ambiance (could be from being a 60 year old tape) has superior bass and is nearly totally quiet background. A great CD release. I've found that the Eloquence series sounds better than most Decca CD reissues E.G. all of the Albert Wolff recordings.
CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl
No comparison, CD always sounds so cold and gritty. Vinyl is so much warmer, smoother and has better imaging and much greater depth of sound. It’s like watching the world go by through a dirty window pane when listening to a CD. Put the same LP on the turntable and Voila! Everything takes on more vibrancy, fullness and texture.
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“CD is a dead media format”. CD is far from dead....if we are talking about mainstream then CD, Vinyl, Tape all are pretty much dead formats. As @fleschler pointed out there are many releases of great recordings are being put out on CD’s. One reliable source of remastered great sounding CD’s is Elusive Disc, they got very nice collection of rare jazz and classical recordings. Anyone who thinks CD is CD, check out Dexter Gordon’s - A Singin’ Affair XRCD. |
@tomcy6 sleepwalker, reality check:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/vinyl-what-if Tomy the only person needing to do a reality check is you. |
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