why a 75 dollar blue ray smokes all 2k CD players and any turntable???

Funny story,
I posted a pic of my turntable spinning an lp for a social media fan site for a specific band.I got a response by a guy," OH my it sounds so much better then a cd" my response was basically its all up for debate and in many ways digital is superior on paper and I enjoy both.This is his response.. ENJOY...

interesting that the world of true audio quality has been grossly mis-represented in the market place. This has mainly been driven by Hi-Fi Press and marketing vogue that perpetuate the myths that what makes a great audio system is some exotic, very expensive speaker cables, a 'high end ' player and some exotic amp. Its also true that vintage audio products like valve amps and vinyl are creeping back into fashion - more of a symptom of the issue that audio quality has for the most part reached an impasse.

The main culprit - loudspeakers represent the main ceiling on audio quality and this really has not changed for many decades. Put simply if you change the speakers to something that really does the sound transduction step (the most compromised part of the audio chain) much better then you begin to see the leap in improvement that is possible. For the most part the amp (as long as it is solid state and has decent power output) and the cable (as long as it is something a bit thicker than human hair) makes little to no audible difference to audio quality.

The type of CD player does not matter either, as the speakers introduce a degree of distortion and degradation that commonly outweighs any differences my many orders of magnitude. We have had really good reviews by the audio press but they still don't want to admit that the latest exotic looking £2000 CD player really does nothing special but helps sell magazines so perpetuating the scam! Ridiculous really when you can get a BD player for £40 that trumps the CD spec in every aspect! Don't get me started on vinyl!S

oleschool10-17-2020 12:32am

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oleschool OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 722 posts 10-17-2020 at 04:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete grannyring spot on ...
oleschool OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 722 posts 10-17-2020 at 03:46am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete speakers are the link yes ,but to make a statement like any ss amp and a 75.00 blue ray will produce no discearnable difference over a higher end set up is ridiculous to me because I've heard the difference myself . whatever paper says
oleschool OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 722 posts 10-17-2020 at 01:20am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Not to be combative, so you agree a hair thick speaker wire and a 75.00 blue ray is equal or superior to a say vac tube powered setup into a set of say thiel or x reference speaker through a quality front end ? Not a million dollar setup but .... I sold gear for years and certainly spent a lot of time listening and swapping gear every night and certainly discearned many differences .
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oleschool OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 722 posts 10-26-2020 at 08:54pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete aeschwartz As I stated, I posted a pic of my Vpi playing an album on a bands fan site (70s progressive rock) My point of the pic was showing an lp spinning vintage progressive rock.His response was sarcastic stating "wow it sounds sooo much better then a cd" .I responded basically saying I also have a solid digital front end but prefer analogue sound .His response was his version of a lesson for me telling me I was wasting money on my system and his 500.00 mission speakers and blue ray was equal or better. I responded saying digital has benefits in many cases including on paper ,but I still prefer a solid analogue frontend although it can get expensive.I do not in any way believe a 75.00 blue ray smokes a solid dac cd front end ,and still prefer my analogue for the sound I prefer.

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