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In Reply to: RE: GAMUT CD players posted by Tony Lauck on June 29, 2010 at 15:01:15
I would assert that given the dramatic disparity in sound between CD players that there certainly never has been, nor will there ever be a standard......
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Not so dramatic as the disparity in position you take on the subject with certain members of the esteemed Boston Audio Society. :-)
I don't happen to believe it is possible to get transparency with the 44/16 format. This leaves room for various compromises over what should be discarded and what should be left. This is not such a problem as the digital resolution increases, which is a very good reason for avoiding RBCD wherever possible.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
I don't happen to believe it is possible to get transparency with the 44/16 format.
optimizes phase response over extended HF response. Hence, it measures 0.25 db down at 20 kHz using balanced connections and 1 db single ended. Some might consider that "warm" sounding.
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Just kidding, from someone who has no interest in classical music, - SACD or hi-rez simply is not available. But that's another story for another day.
AND, - not to be overly obnoxious, - there IS a big disparity between redbook players. If you don't have that experience, - then I don't want to be obnoxious, (again), but I'd humbly suggest that you seek out more players.
I've had an Arcam FMJ, an Audio Aero, a NAD, an AYRE, and an APL all playing redbook in and out of my system and the differences were pretty big. There's a lot of testimony out there too, corroborating big differences in CDPs.
Plus having a player on hand that is great with both redbook and SACD; IME, there are more than a few great redbook recordings out there that rival in sound quality to SACDs. And a few SACD recordings that are WORSE sounding than their redbook counterparts, Jazz at the Pawnshop, the Simple Minds, and the Pixies SACDs are most notable here. There are also some excellent Reference Recordings in redbook that are excellent and rival their SACD counterparts. In players like Meitner, Ayre, Esoteric, Audio Aero, and APL, - the redbook sections are so good that they are very close to many SACDs. YMMV
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