Another CD-Player vs. PC question:

Czarivey, what?, re-read my post,then click on forums here on audiogon, do you see computer audio?, LOL!, thats where all the threads of computer audio is suppose to be!, The digital is for transports, dacs, cd-players to say the least.

Audiolabyrinth, LOL! mine can be placed here and there too, but it doesn't mean I have to list it on 2 different categories. One is nuf already.

"Mapman, just curious, have you had an audiogram test recently?"

Yes, have you? That could be why the CDs sound bland to you.

They sound fine to me, at least when played on good gear that is working properly.

When I first heard a CD(Ride The Lightning of Metallica) in late 80's, it realy sounded bland. I felt like I'm missing half of what I heard from vinyl. Than I've got some Jimi Hendrix reissues on CD which were simply a joke. Than long long time I refused to deal with digital media until mid-90's when they started to become descent.

Czarivey, good observation. Early CD were often recorded from not properly corrected tapes and digitized with jittery A/D clocks. This type of recorded jitter cannot be suppressed and the only way out is to digitize again, assuming that analog tapes still exist. They also went insane with number of microphones, since digital recording allowed for many more tracks. Microphone technics changed over time and everything matured but it took, as you noticed, many years. Today I have some recordings that are simply breathtaking showing no inherent flaw in the media.

Perhaps vinyl can be superior sounding, but I find it impractical. Investing and optimizing one system instead of two seems better to me since there is a lot of music not available on LP.