My biggest and most costly mistake was selling a Krell KPS20i cd player, that I owned and loved for many years. But after 20 years I assumed digital should have advanced enough to merit an upgrade. In the last 5 years various supposedly more 'advanced' cd players from brands like Metronome and Esoteric came and went. None of them delivered the sonic improvements I had expected.
So after about $7500 worth of buying and reselling different players I finally accepted my mistake and decided to simply buy back the 20i. Back to the future. As chance would have it, the 'new' one is only one serial number removed from the one I previously had.......
It goes to show that technological progress, which is undeniable in digital, does not necessarily result in better sound. In fact the same applies to the discs themselves: most higher bit remasters don't sound any better than the first cd issues.
So after about $7500 worth of buying and reselling different players I finally accepted my mistake and decided to simply buy back the 20i. Back to the future. As chance would have it, the 'new' one is only one serial number removed from the one I previously had.......
It goes to show that technological progress, which is undeniable in digital, does not necessarily result in better sound. In fact the same applies to the discs themselves: most higher bit remasters don't sound any better than the first cd issues.