Of course! It's a great music medium! That's all I dare say for fear of being banned again.,
Is anyone still using a CD Player
I have a bunch of CDs and the Krell 505 player. I find myself defaulting to my Aurender Streamer and never listening to CDs. I’m considering getting a CD Ripper and loading them via HSD or SSD card and loading into the Aurender. Thoughts? Am I in the dark ages even keeping the CD Player?
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YES to CD's. Also to vinyl, cassettes, and streaming. Yes to a CD-transpor to an NAD amp w/ a built-in DAC and also my desktop stereo w/ CD as a transport to an external DAC, as well as a Mojo 2 for headphones. Open back and Closed back dynamic and planar cans as well as Focal Bathys for out and about via bluetooth. I collected records starting in the 60's. Then also cassettes when they rolled out. And later CD's for a number of years. From a Sony Walkman to iPod and then iPhone listening as well, which finally developed into streaming. Tidal/Roon, w/ my CD's mostly all ripped to a drive. I usually also have the Tidal version of my rips in the catalog as well. Now when I purchase music it's mostly vinyl. I love having all the options and doing what works best at any moment. My CD's, of course have booklets w/ lyrics and pics, and I like that. Lately I've been bluetoothing to my new JBL Flip 7 from my phone when I'm in the kitchen or hanging at the dining room table. I play music a LOT of the time, and all the formats are cool by me. Even cassettes, which obviously are not audiophile-grade listening, but the sound of them takes me back and I really dig them. Also they came w/ little foldout artwork that I like. Whatever works, but I would suggest that the method of music delivery is not as vitally important as most audiophiles make it out to be. Sometimes I want great sound. Other times there's stuff going on, window a/c on, people cutting the grass outside, kids playing outdoors, blah blah, and I just want to hear some tunes. Like Darko says: Music-First Audiophile. |
YES to @kbmr 100% From one film fan to another….. This discussion reminds me of Clint Eastwood’s famous catch line in “Magnum Force” ”A man has to know his limitations” Using just one format is exactly the same. “…You have to ask yourself one question” ….. “Dirty Harry”
Same rules… would anyone only want to see a film on a small screen? |
@thelotusgroup "I do 5 different treatments to CDs (the ones I really want to listen to) and the difference from before and after is staggering"
What are the treatments that you do? |
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