In Reply to: RE: you are a super "advanced" and "savvy" digital file posted by Dave_K on May 13, 2015 at 16:06:10:
""All else being equal, I'd rather buy a physical CD and rip it than download the same thing. Only because I like liner notes.""
I feel the same: plus, - I don't trust ANY download unless I can verify it with reasonable testing. Since I am "getting out" of computer as transport to play my 2500 or so AIFF albums, I also do not want to invest in testing software.
I have about 50 SACDs & about 10 DVD-A/Dual discs. About 30 of those I really enjoy, play regularly, and will stop the computer & put in the SACD or DVD-A as the quality is enough to where I would enjoy it more.
That being said, I really enjoy my redbook disc quality on the Universal player. IMO, - I am lucky in that my player is a premier redbook player with SACD/DVD-A sounding pretty awesome, - but still as an afterthought. I have heard too many SACD players whose redbook sucks. At no time does computer playback equal the same quality as redbook discs, - but it's not too far off, and I haven't invested a ton of time or money in a dead or dying computer playback noisebox transport.
To people who have hundreds of SACDs and/or DVD-As, - I can see where they'd want a very good SACD spinner. This is especially true as legitimate DSD downloads are looking like a low value product, that will never take hold, and will die on the vine. Any redbook CD has tons more value than any hi-rez download, - IMO.
Any format success has to have a decent amount of Pop/Rock titles.
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
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