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Re: Should I switch from Jolida 100 to Rega Apollo

Posted by zacster (A) on January 14, 2007 at 19:56:42

In Reply to: Should I switch from Jolida 100 to Rega Apollo posted by ludwig on January 13, 2007 at 22:24:10:

It wouldn't be worth it. All standalone players are obsolete. You should look at PC systems, or maybe better DACs. The technology of stand alone is 20 years old already, and even cheap DVD players with the high bit rates are going to be potentially better. It all depends on the implementation.

In addition, I've been listening to hi-res more recently and CD doesn't even come close. There just isn't enough resolution. At the time, 16/44.1 was the most they could reasonably get out of the format. It also was barely enough to reach the theoritical threshold of our hearing. Unfortunately, in practice it sounded grainy. 24/96 sounds better, and if the CD standard were implemented to allow for expansion we would all be listening to that now.

I was an early adopter of CD, buying the original FD1000 Magnavox. It sounded bad even with mid-fi equipment. It didn't help that most of the early CDs were not done well.

In 2007, we shouldn't be dealing with a technology based on 1986 standards, but we are. Imagine buying a 1986 PC to run Vista! It wouldn't work. Why do we still buy 1986 CDs and buy 1986 players?

You can talk all you want about jitter, filtering, etc... but the technology is obsolete. So do yourself a favor and get away from players and at least get the most convenient player around, your PC with a really good DAC.

Flame suit on.

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