30 Years of Perfect Sound?

It explains why I prefer my CDP over my simple and cost effective computer set up.
By a wide margin.

All the best,
Nonoise

Mapman,

You hit the nail on the head. It would take too much money for me to equal and surpass the sound I get from my CDP. Fun, yes, but expensive.

All the best,
Nonoise

Does anyone here know if it's true that a CDP has no jitter as stated in the article in question? It's one thing to knock the guy and how he came to his conclusions but I haven't seen a refutation of the no jitter issue.

Considering the extreme value that computer audio places on jitter and its elimination, this all makes me very curious as to whether more dosh should be place towards better CD playback or not.

I know this is only one aspect of music reproduction but I've personally heard the MSB setup at the Newport Audio show and no other room using PC playback came even close. I thought it was some kind of PC setup until it was pointed out that I was listening to a CDP.

All the best,
Nonoise

Thanks for the clarification, Bill.

All the best,
Nonoise

And thank you, Tmsorosk, for the further clarification.
I'll try to understand those AES papers.

I guess if I get more clarification, then, like butter, all the impurities will separate and a finer product will arise, which will allow me a recipe for better for sound.:-)

All the best,
Nonoise

Johnnyb53,

It seems from what else I've read that streaming from memory is one of the better ways to go (so many ways to skin this cat).

As for the mediocre standards when making CDs, I couldn't agree more. There are CDs and then there are CDs. On an aside, I've read somewhere that Sony is coming out with better CD (pits and all), made to a higher standard that can be read by redbook CDPs. The only downside is when they'll get around to reissuing the ones that I want.

All the best,
Nonoise