I fully agree with Damon's post. Everyone here on Audiogon is looking for higher end audio gear and ways to improve their music experience. Most of us (depending on our budget)
have no problem buying a $500.00 or $1500.00 single disc CD player. We desire the newer player because we feel it will reward us with a more natural and detailed sound. Or it may be better matched with other components in our systems. And we regard that CD player purchase as a high quality item.
A CD on the other hand, is a mass market item produced at the lowest possible cost. In way too many cases, a CD may be poorly produced and/or compressed in such a way that on a decent audio system it sounds like junk. And how about all those CDs that have maybe two or three decent songs, and all the rest is just "filler" garbage you will never play again. And what about all those back catalog CDs that still sound decent on vinyl, yet are just plain bad on CD.
I rest my case.
have no problem buying a $500.00 or $1500.00 single disc CD player. We desire the newer player because we feel it will reward us with a more natural and detailed sound. Or it may be better matched with other components in our systems. And we regard that CD player purchase as a high quality item.
A CD on the other hand, is a mass market item produced at the lowest possible cost. In way too many cases, a CD may be poorly produced and/or compressed in such a way that on a decent audio system it sounds like junk. And how about all those CDs that have maybe two or three decent songs, and all the rest is just "filler" garbage you will never play again. And what about all those back catalog CDs that still sound decent on vinyl, yet are just plain bad on CD.
I rest my case.