A safe and speedy recovery !!! I've had my new hip for 2 years..l love LP and CD and Streaming...good thing we can easily have them all...
MissingCDs and records
Since I have had a long-standing hip problem (now being fixed,) I have physically been unable to play CDs and more significantly, records.
I bought an outstanding streamer (Aurelac 200) to cope with my disability, and am very happy with the sound it’s producing . However, I’m now finding that, despite the superlative sound of the Aurelac, I’m missing the experience of relishing individual discs and records which have their own character and speak to me. They’re like old friends you can’t replace with a stream. Of course there are many advantages to streaming, including a universal discography to select from, but having that intimate contact with an artifact is a special feeling.
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@rvpiano Fully understand what you are saying. It's great to take a record out of its sleeve I also have a high end streamer and a dac, which sonically outperform everything in my huge collection of LPs and CDs. But also, the other day I was preparing to sell old 1970s audio gear which i still had somewhere in the attic. Playing an LP from that period sounded 'just right'. It sounded not high-end, but simply how I still had it in my mind. |
Hope all goes well with your recovery. There is something special about owning and playing physical music. I find it’s what I grew up with and adapting to change can be hard but and I’m starting to enjoy the benefits of changing to streaming like I did when I moved from albums and CDs to the iPod. It’s a great time to love and play music whenever and wherever you want. |
When I pull out an old LP, it is so much more than just the music. I can remember when and where I bought it. I can remember great times with friends listening to our favorites. The upgrades over the years were so much fun. I brought an advertisement to my friends house circa 1980. The ad claimed that the turntable (Thorens?) made the coins on Pink Floyds "Money" sound more jangly. Everyone laughed. One month later my buddy bought a VPI turntable. We're still at it! Keep listening people! |
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