jjss49 Sous vide then pan sear. ;-)
I think OP was sincere and many of the responses here are informative to many and soporific to some.
I think OP was sincere and many of the responses here are informative to many and soporific to some.
Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog?
I am curious to know if anyone thinks the CD format (and I suppose that could include digital altogether) sounds better than vinyl and other analog formats. Who here has gone really far down both paths and can make a valid comparison? So far, I have only gone very far down the CD path and I just keep getting blown away by what the medium is capable of! I haven’t hit a wall yet. It is extremely dependent on proper setup, synergy and source material. Once you start getting those things right, the equipment gets out of the way and it can sound more fantastic than you can imagine! It’s led me to start developing a philosophy that goes something like this: Digital IS “perfect sound forever”; it’s what we do to the signal between the surface of the CD and the speaker cone that compromises it.”
So I suppose what I’m asking for is stories from people who have explored both mediums in depth and came to the conclusion that CD has the most potential (or vice versa - that’s helpful too). And I don’t simply mean you’ve spent a lot of money on a CD player. I mean you’ve tinkered and tweaked and done actual “research in the lab,” and came back with a deep understanding of the medium and can share those experiences with others.
In my experience, the three most important things to get right are to find a good CD player (and good rarely means most expensive in my experience) and then give it clean power. In my case, I have modified my CD player to run off battery power with DC-DC regulators. The last thing that must be done right is the preamp. It’s the difference between “sounds pretty good” and “sounds dynamic and realistic.”
So I suppose what I’m asking for is stories from people who have explored both mediums in depth and came to the conclusion that CD has the most potential (or vice versa - that’s helpful too). And I don’t simply mean you’ve spent a lot of money on a CD player. I mean you’ve tinkered and tweaked and done actual “research in the lab,” and came back with a deep understanding of the medium and can share those experiences with others.
In my experience, the three most important things to get right are to find a good CD player (and good rarely means most expensive in my experience) and then give it clean power. In my case, I have modified my CD player to run off battery power with DC-DC regulators. The last thing that must be done right is the preamp. It’s the difference between “sounds pretty good” and “sounds dynamic and realistic.”
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Larry5729 I do like you except I use Qobuz I used Soundiz to import my playlists from old iTunes (tracks dropped if not available). I have close to 200 playlists. |
Vinyl. It’s tactile. It spins. It smells. It’s progenitor audio. You have to get up to play it. It’s needs care, fussing, cleaning, examining and tinkering. That’s what I prefer. What I exclusively listen to now are flac files (and steaming at that). Just sold CD player after listening to same tracks on CD/streaming. Why. A vinyl set up the way I would want it/require it would be more expensive than my entire (expensive to me) system. As a practical thing using an iPad to skip a track or explore other cuts from same artist is thrilling. So yes mkgus vinyl but practically no for me. Who cares as long as you are enthralled. |
@8th-note. Nicely put into words. I was also thinking a 50k++ for a kick a$$ vinyl set up. And don’t great recordings always stand out. Chasing down all this nuance can be a swirling vortex with diminishing returns. |