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

Showing 2 responses by lalitk

@georgehifi 

In my system, the combination of Aurender N10 and ARC DAC9 sounds just as good as my CD player. Of course, I end up spending close to twice as much to rival the performance of my CD player :-)

I love spinning my CD's to this day but I can't help appreciate the the sheer convenience and accessibility of ever growing Tidal streaming catalog. 

Cheers!