MikeH
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How’s the CD player working out for ya?Today's CDs & Coffee offering
New Order – Substance
Qwest Records [9 25621-2] 1987
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How’s the CD player working out for ya?Today's CDs & Coffee offering
New Order – Substance
Qwest Records [9 25621-2] 1987
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Never really explored ECM's catalogue but I'm digging this one!Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy - I Only Have Eyes For You (ECM Records, 25MJ 3521, Japan, 1985)
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You know I was really reluctant to buy one, I didn't have a ton of CDs, but honestly, the more I pushed the "Quality over Quantity" mantra, the more it seemed to make sense. Make no mistake, I'll take vinyl over a CD, IF IT'S PRESSED WELL. I think with my system being were it is, my expectation of what it can produce is showing the "weakest" link, the actual album and it gets frustrating.How’s the CD player working out for ya?
Did not know thatThe box I got is of hybrid CD/SACDs (CD player can play the CD layer and SACD player can play both). It was also available on vinyl but the €100 extra was more than I was willing to swallow.
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Ya, I wanted to avoid the SACD temptation all together, it would have derailed my overall "budget" conscious approach to adding CD player, lolBeyond some fancy Japanese SHM-SACDs which tend to be single layer SACDs the vast majority are dual layer with a CD layer that can be read by conventional CD players. Unless you’re buying on the secondary market or getting a good deal though it isn’t necessarily the best option for someone with just a CD player, they tend to be a fair bit more expensive that standard CD editions where the option to purchase both exists.
Ya, I wanted to avoid the SACD temptation all together, it would have derailed my overall "budget" conscious approach to adding CD player, lol
I think I would be more open to pushing the Transport/DAC avenue IF this DAC experiment works out, meaning if I find myself using it enough to warrant going into the higher end DACs, almost went with an MHDT Atlantis Tube DAC, but I'll gamble on the $450 DAC firstYeah, I get that, the CD player I’ve had for 16 years now just so happens to be an SACD/CD player, more by accident than design back then. To be honest they’re broadly speaking not really a thing, beyond the few that were done commercially back in the early to mid 00s it’s mostly just Audiophile labels and Japanese imports, hence me having 20ish out of 650ish CDs/SACDs. I do like having the option though and the ones I have sound awesome, particularly the AP ones and the classical ones.
I think I would be more open to pushing the Transport/DAC avenue IF this DAC experiment works out, meaning if I find myself using it enough to warrant going into the higher end DACs, almost went with an MHDT Atlantis Tube DAC, but I'll gamble on the $450 DAC first