30 Years of Perfect Sound?

"The only thing that computer audio has murdered is the sound."

If you spend $100 for the computer gear, sure it will murder the sound.

I retired my highly modified CD transport many years ago, after my computer audio system left it in the dust. The modded CD transport was one of the best sounding on the market too. Lots of them still out there.

If you dont have the experience, dont pretend to be an expert. There is already too much misinformation on these forums.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio

Johnny,,, have you watched one spin while it plays? I have, to the eye it's quite slow, try it.

Audioengr,,, We have demoed many hi end hard drives at audio club members homes and at length , the survey after was split about 50/50 as to which each member preferred. I preferred the CD.

To stop this thread being nonsense we must give more facts.

Tmsorosk, Which CD player was preferred in the shoot out with which HD server and DAC?

I keep seeing these daft comments. I have yet to hear a CD player sound better than a well set up, modern and carefully chosen computer and DAC system.

Just playing from memory alone will change your mind, let alone using the correct software like Amarra etc.

You seem to forget the recording you are probably listening to was recorded and mastered on a computer. So how can a 44.1 16 bit CD sound better unless you have a terrible DAC and computer set up?

Tmsorosk wrote

'Audioengr,,, We have demoed many hi end hard drives at audio club members homes and at length , the survey after was split about 50/50 as to which each member preferred. I preferred the CD.'

And on that basis you say that the only thing computers murdered is the sound?

What USB converter did you use? - thats the critical thing - not the hard drive. Was it I2S direct to the DAC chip?

Thanks
Bill