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Agreed, but redbook digital is usually poorly processed - but try out the new Benchmark DAC 1 mod from Empirical Audio

Extracting the best from CDs has proven a lot more challenging than most ever suspected with the result the format has received a bad reputation, one which I shared for 2 decades.

However there is finally light at the end of the tunnel and I'm now getting better music ex good CDs (and sadly they are in the minority) than from SACD.

I posted a review on the digital board about these experiences which have resulted in the receipt of the latest DAC mod from Empirical Audio. If your budget allows and you are keen on finding out how good CDs can sound, then this path is highly commended.

One odd negative should be reported however. The resolution is superb with laserdiscs as well as CDs BUT the pin point soundstaging this latest mod gives often highlights the panning in videos. The sound comes accurately from the right yet the video is centre screen!! But I can live with that.

John (now a really happy CD camper)

Do not criticise the idiots in this world - we need them as they make the rest of us look so much better :-)


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