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Youngsters these days.

My 24 year old grandson finished his tour in the service recently and has been staying with us for the past several months. He got himself a good job, to help out and take care of himself, while deciding what to do in the future - back to school, etc.
After he got a few good pay checks, I joking suggested he buy his Pa a new CD player. If looks could kill. "Why would you want a new CD player?" He asked. I told him "just to upgrade the one I have". "No one buys CD players anymore" he exclaimed. "Then what's your Idea of fine Audio, a WalkMan?" I asked. "WOW! There's not even any such thing as a WalkMan any more" he said. To which I replied, "Ya there is, we have a guy on our forum who swears by em". He just rolled his eyes and said "No - Streaming! Using an iPhone or iPad you can get a streaming package and get all the music you want". "Why would I want to do That?" I asked "I have hundreds of great LPs and CDs, that I'm perfectly happy with." To that he replied "OK Boomer".  I guess that meant he knew I was right.
Why is it that youngsters just don't understand the love that some of us old folks have for our old LPs and CDs and we  have no interest in paying for another monthly service, to listen to all the music we already have?
jhills
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arcticdeth
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LP’s,  CD’s,
all I use, have a good collection, many of which I still have,not heard from the 80-90’s.


 Most of my records, I recorded to my computer, cleaned up,a bit, added bass, mid and treble, recorded to taiyo Yuden cdrs’ for playback,
I love the pops, crackles, and ticks from the LP to cd recording process!!!!
  The tone and sound is analogue, played t(rough my stereo from the CD player is great, they sound like records, and I love it!!

 Have %80 of my CDs and LP’s on cd now.
 Have maybe 500 cds not on iTunes yet, my iTunes is over 90K+ songs. More than I’ll ever listen too.

 When listening, I use my CD player or turntable.
streaming is not for me.,... I’ll use my iPod hooked into stereo when low volume and background music is needed.
otherwise it’s CD and LP.

 As,mentioned here, it’s the,physical product I want/collect.
 I’ve bought maybe 2 albums and 8-9 single songs via iTunes ,I don’t like buying air,,so if I can buy the actual cd or LP, I will.
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oregonpapa
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  • Vinyl?
  • The SQ depletes with each play.

Come on over to my place. I'll change your mind with a mono promo copy of The Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Jazz Impressions of The USA." The album is 65 years old at this point and has been played a couple of hundred times at least, as it is one of my demo records. Paul Desmond's breath can be felt as it comes out of the end of his alto sax.

Frank
jhills OP
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Thanks all for all the comments and good advise.

Except for isochronism  take that whippersnapper behind the woodshed. Afterward, tell him, "now clean those records"!
You trying to get me killed? At 69, I'm still pretty spry but he's nearly a  foot taller and out weighs me by about 100 lb. Think I'll just give him a good talking to. LOL

So now thinking of a CDP/DAC, capable of high Rez streaming and will play SACD.  Any such thing?
On a budget, so I'm thinking used and would like to keep around $1K - $2K. My old Denon still works great and sounds pretty fair, until the music gets complicated. Looking for something that is smooth and musical without sacrificing detail and resolution and good at keeping things sorted and in place when the music and vocals get complicated - as in orchestration and Celtic, with multiple instruments and vocals.
Thanks for suggestions....Jim   
douglas_schroeder
3,281 posts
 
Weren't you one of the people who said they would try the Schroeder Method of IC Placement? It appears you never did. 

You're missing out on so much more than you think, in several respects. 


jhills OP
615 posts
 
@douglas_schroeder 

Good hearing from you again.
After talking to you, I remembered that I had a matching set of speaker cables that I used for bi-wiring on a different set of speakers. My little Maggies are not set up for bi-wiring so I was only using one set of cables. I did add the second set of cables as you prescribed. I have been running it that way since and the little Maggies sound incredible. I have not made the jump to spend an extra $500.00 for matching IC cables, as I have to split my budget between audio and motor cycles. 
I had a Wonderfull sounding CA Audio, CDP but it stopped reading discs a while back, so had to dig out the old Denon. I found that repairs to the CA Audio deck would be expensive and unreliable, so now on the hunt for something that sounds as good, without breaking the bank...Jim
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