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In Reply to: RE: Do gold CDs sound better than silver ones? posted by rkeman on April 04, 2016 at 17:18:34
the standard recording on silver discs. I don't particularly CARE for MFSL recordings (CD or
LP), but they certainly sound better typically.
Is that due to the mastering OR to the gold CD?
How would one know? HOW could one tell?
FEW MFSL CDs were ever pressed on silver disc and I don't believe anything pressed on silver was
also available on gold disc, so comparing equivalent recordings on the two different mediums is not possible.
Do you have a method for comparison or is your view just based on your opinion?
I'm thinking JM has a point.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure
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I only have one MFSL CD. That is the Grateful Dead's "From the Mars Hotel". I also have the standard vinyl and a Gem Mars Hotel/ Wake of the Flood, double album set. It sounds very good to me, but I am thinking of shelling out the money for the latest release CD which is on HDCD. I have a few Grateful Dead HD CD's and they all sound excellent. I do have a few CD players that can playback HDCD, and they are superior to the earlier non-HDCD releases.
I have never had a CD wear out, and I have ones dating back to the earliest days of CD.
Dave
A CD should never wear out if it is stored properly, handled carefully and played in good equipment.
There is a risk of "disc rot" but that is not a function of physical wear but more tied to defective manufacturing that allows the reflective surface to oxidize over time. This eventually results in playback errors and may render the disc unreadable. I've only had a few of those over the years -- from a quality control standpoint, the risk of getting a bad LP pressing is multitudes worse.
It has never happened to one that I own, but I have seen some flakey looking disks at the thrift stores.
Dave
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