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| CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality My layman's understanding is that compression clips the peak volumes so the overall volume can be brought up, resulting in a flatter ("compressed") sound. It's necessary for music to be heard on earbuds and in noisy environments. When I look at ... | |
| CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality I have stopped talking to my brothers and sister about compression, dynamic range, etc. because if I keep it up they will tune it out. Three of the five of us play an instrument, and four listen to a lot of music. Yet when I try to explain how r... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? About two years ago I gave my LP records, about 400 of them, to a relative and focused on going through my CD and SACD collection (currently about 800 discs) and replacing the dogs with the best available mastering. By now, most of the collection ... | |
| Joni Mitchell, BLUE album is 50 years old, NYT Article What a great article. I dropped everything else this morning and read it from beginning to end. Then I bookmarked it. | |
| Joni Mitchell, BLUE album is 50 years old, NYT Article | |
| Looking for a CD player I was very happy with the Denon DCD-A100, and I have kept it as a backup. The DCD-1600NE was clearer and more detailed. Whenever I read those words, I wonder if someone is just talking about "brighter." That's not it, in this case. I think the... | |
| Looking for a CD player +1 re the Denon DCD-1600NE.My first SACD/CD player was a Marantz SA8004. I replaced it with a Denon DCD-A100, which I bought gently used. That was a big step up, but eventually I began to be tempted by the DCD-1600NE and the idea of buying it ne... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? Reasons why I prefer CD (especially SACD) to vinyl:1.) Classic LP records were mastered to fit the RIAA curve, i.e., the bass was de-emphasized so the needle wouldn’t jump out of the grooves and the record could be played on teenyboppers’ cheap re... | |
| Paul McCartney 3 Lowest track is DR4, highest DR9 | |
| Paul McCartney 3 DR 7 average, ranging from DR4 to DR 9. Pitiful. As is his voice. Age has taken its toll. | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? A well-known vintage audio dealer was selling tradeins on Ebay. I had purchased used equipment from them before and they were about two hours away, so anything I bought I could pick up personally rather than risk having it shipped. When I first bo... | |
| Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments When I was about twelve, I sat down one lazy afternoon and picked my way through more than 250 pop songs, all without sheet music. It was exciting and gratifying to be able to do this, and those around me recognized many songs and were pleased. ... | |
| Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments I started playing piano when I was four and played in a small town rock band in my late high school and early college years. I continued playing at home until about age fifty, when I gave it up. The excitement wasn’t there unless I was pushing my ... | |
| SACD or not Once I had acquired over eighty SACD's, I began to feel the need to have an SACD player in reserve, and replaced a Marantz SA-8004 with a Denon DCD-A100. It was a nice step up--for redbook as well as DSD playback.I started out being excited about... | |
| Remasters - are they better? What exactly is it? I have been going through a collection of 767 CD’s and SACD’s, about 400 of which are pop/rock from the Sixties onward. I am ripping them using dBpoweramp and checking their dynamic range using the TT-DR Offline freeware. The discs are listed in a... |