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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


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r27y8u92
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My overall understanding of contributions of audio components is as follows:
100% = Perfect reproduction of music 
1. Speaker = 60%
2. Listening room geometry = 30%
3. Pre/Main Amps = 5%
4. Source (CD, vinyl, etc.) =4%
5. Connection (speaker cable, etc.) 1%
No matter how expensive any special speaker cable (used $50 18-AWG vs >$500), yes, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, but the difference is maximum of 1% improvement to an overall system.
My audio room is much better than that of my local audio store (very reputable, honest). Last year, the store gave a demonstration playing ca. $12,000 KEF speaker and ca. $10,000 mono block tube amps. Right after the demo, I listened to my system, no significant difference in terms of emotional feeling. Even my system played better, I thing, due to better room geometry (wider, bigger and higher).
I sold a tube phono stage (ca. $4,000, brand new price) to an AudioGon member last year. Why? Frankly speaking, I could not heat any significant difference between the phono stage and my vintage Onkyo P-304's phono stage.
My conclusion: Speaker and room condition matter most!
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