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I recently upgraded my amplifier power tubes and noticed a nice improvement via vinyl, the format I most often listen to. After a couple of weeks I listened to a few CDs and my impression was that the change in CD sound was much greater than the change in vinyl. Vinyl still sounds better but I would have thought that the degree of change would be the same in both formats. Who knows what's real in this hobby but does anyone have an explanation?
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Try unplugging your CDP from your pre and see if the vinyl sounds any better. I keep my CDP disconnected until I want to listen to it.
And the sound was much more realistic. I gave the JJ KT-77's a good 500 hours but they just sound too thin in the bass and midbass, and the vocals were just a bit platic sounding in my hybrid amp.I find I have a variety of DVD concerts that sound better than vinyl. I have more than a couple of dozen CD's that sound better than any of my LP's. Mostly I listen to LP's because I just really enjoy the transient detail. To me they sound more life-like. So sounding great does not always mean it sounds real. I really enjoy the sound of my vinyl. And I love buying 20 albums for 15 bucks.
20 times the fun of a CD!.
Tube rolling really does alter the sound in big and beautiful ways!
FWIW, when I upgraded my amp (CJ 2500A) there was a bigger increase in the quality of my cdp than vinyl also. Vinyl is still better, but by a lower margin. The answer..........synergy, I suppose.
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do you reckon it might have something to do with the higher output of a cdp vs. a phono stage? if you have more juice behind the cdp (2mv), and your vinyl stage is less-- less drive on the tube. and giving tubes a good hot signal sure does bring out the best in them, to my experience!just a guess though-- but i'd also bet it's just 'louder is better', which we all suffer from sometimes-- i'd bet in a real close look- you'd find they were both similarly altered..
just a guess though..
I have gain controls on my phono preamp and an analog volume control on the cdp. I usually try to keep both of their gains at equal levels, which allows me to switch between units without bothering the volume on the main preamp.
But I can understand your thinking on it. It has been quite a mystery to me that the cdp took such a jump in sound quality. Of course it was a welcomed improvement.
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