Thanks for the informative comments.
ZD542: Yes, we probably dodged a bullet by lossy compression coming after Redbook.
Jon2020: Your description mirrors my own experience. For me, I gasped when the individual instruments had air around them in a 3D sound stage.
George: Thanks for technical viewpoint.
The only point of diversion is that in my system, the sound improved markedly when I moved from a (rather old) Wadia transport to sourcing from computer memory. Technically, I think computers can be a better source, and would never buy another CD spinner as the playback source.
A happy ripper.
Cheers
ZD542: Yes, we probably dodged a bullet by lossy compression coming after Redbook.
Jon2020: Your description mirrors my own experience. For me, I gasped when the individual instruments had air around them in a 3D sound stage.
George: Thanks for technical viewpoint.
The only point of diversion is that in my system, the sound improved markedly when I moved from a (rather old) Wadia transport to sourcing from computer memory. Technically, I think computers can be a better source, and would never buy another CD spinner as the playback source.
A happy ripper.
Cheers