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In Reply to: RE: as it should ... posted by Todd Krieger on March 14, 2015 at 03:01:10:
I had owned/tried/heard a variety of cdp/separates from 1983 to 1998, some better than others; but having been a long term vinyl guy, my expectations were never matched by any cdp I'd witness. The bit wars, to my ears, made CDs sound worse in general.
I can think of a number of cheaper 16bit chipped players which I preferred over the top-of-the-line very expensive 20bit8x (IIRC) Denons. Those Denons sounded broken compared to an Ariston rd11, yet they flew of the shelves.
That said, the first CDP I witnessed which could replicate proper instrumental impact, such as hard hit cymbal (even today most struggle) or dig out subterranean bass, while still sounding transparently musical & 3D, especially at higher SPL, was indeed a 20,8x player. It was also $30K ...
As for the CD software, some of the earliest cds did in fact sound better. As the popularity of cd gained acceptance, generally, they became more & more compressed. My current cd library = ~500, but I'd say less than 50 are demonstrably "hi-end" within my system. Most make my system sound no different (actually worse because of the much wider sonic window) than a moderately priced mid-fi system.
Pre 1998, I hated CD with a passion that only the simple minded Teresa could understand, till I heard differently ...
tb1
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