PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER

Bigamp, yep my collection is backed up. And, I suppose you're right about hanging onto the source disc. Well, and it's against the law (obviously!).

And to stick my head where it doesn't belong and sidetrack this argument a bit, the PC solution offers an incredible amount of convenience, which, being new to PC audio, took me and my significant other by surprise. To have you're whole collection at your finger tips, instantly accessible has made a big difference for us.

And, the other thing I'll write is that once all your music is placed on HD, you've instantly circumnavigated over two decades of technology so to speak. The CD will be replaced with, probably, downloadable music, or small memory chips bought in stores or both...I don't know. But, it will come. The word is just not out yet to the masses. Once that happens, given the convenience factor, the CD will fall by the wayside. Wavelength Audio has been swamped since the recent NY Times article on DAC's.

Which sounds better...it seems to me if you are capable of spending an equal amount of money on either format, you're going to get comparable sound quality (IMHO). There will be exceptions on both sides of course.

OK, off my soap box..

As the original poster, I would like to chime in. There have been some pitfalls, but overall, I could never go back to spinning discs. The convenience factor is unbelievable. I've had to work on system synergy issues, the same as if i had swapped any new components in, but it sounds great. With all due respect to Alex of APL, without some type of digital input as the PRIMARY interface, he's manufacturing a doorstop. A very high functioning one, perhaps, but a doorstop just the same.

David

"With all due respect to Alex of APL, without some type of digital input as the PRIMARY interface, he's manufacturing a doorstop. A very high functioning one, perhaps, but a doorstop just the same."

actually, alex does offer a digital input on his players. they're also the finest sounding doorstops i've ever heard.

If any one is using one of Alex's units as a doorstop, I'd be happy to give it a very nice home here on Maui.

With all due respects,I can't understand why anyone would spend big bucks on a USB Tube DAC that can only do 16/48.

That's "A very high functioning doorstop."

HI,
My point is not actually about APL. By all accounts it's a killer product. and I hope that one day I'm lucky enough to hear one. If you read my post carefully, I said that soon the "primary input" will be digital, not a CD. I think that all the effort placed into it's transport mechanism will be a waste. Of course I know that CD's will be with us for a long time. After all, look at how many there are around. However, given how good my system sounds, along with the fact that I never have to get up out of the chair, I think that I may turn into a doorstop.

David