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Who listens primarily to Redbook CD?

My primary (only, actually) source is a CEC TL5 Transport feeding an Audio Note Kit 1.1 NOS DAC through a Cerious Technologies Graphene Extreme AES/EBU digital cable. They are both decked out with CT GE power cords, Synergistic Research Quantum Black fuses, Herbie's Audio Lab Tenderfeet isolation footers, plus other misc. tweaks.

Sounds great, and I have very little desire to add another source. Pretty much all the music I want is available on CD, and is usually quite cheap. I hope to upgrade to an AN factory DAC (3.1x/II, or better, would be nice), and a Teo Audio liquid metal digital cable (I have their Game Changer ICs, and absolutely love them!) in the future.

Who else is happy with Redbook CD as their primary source?
tommylion

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electroslacker
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Cd's are an object lesson of respecting scientists dealing intelligently with objective reality, rather the narrative folks speculating that other formats and sampling rates must sound better.  Mathematically, Redbook is solid, revealing its glory as better processing evolves.

Of course, Redbook will also faithfully store badly made masters, and faithfully deliver its information to badly-designed downstream equipment.
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