In Reply to: RE: Rapid change??? posted by Old Listener on February 16, 2012 at 21:28:09:
Actually I think I'm just trying to convince myself Bill!
I'm usually near the rear in the parade of progress and I'd probably still be using records if the record companies hadn't soured me on them decades ago by stamping out horrible sounding, warped, melted glop made from regrinds and floor sweepings.
It may be cool to bitch about CD's in these parts nowadays but I actually was an early adopter even though they were very expensive (as was my CDP-101). But I could finally start buying music again even though they weren't as good sounding as the best records. Except for Sheffield Labs there were no longer any 'best records'. It was the worst of times for vinyl...
And...I still have them all, and with I think two exceptions, that "perfect sound" is indeed asymptotically approaching forever! And it's sweet to not have to turn them over or tape them!
So I'm good with digital and find that 'good' 44/16 sounds satisfying to me and I believe that most of the time the recording process is the limiting factor. I have also found that, especially on a given player, there may be variations due to the pressing process. The latter is a driver to computerize the data for me. But clearly not as strong of one as it is for most folks on this forum since I'm still dragging my feet. I also have a few hi-rez downloads and they typically sound good but the best are simply mesmerizing. It's a good, if confusing time for home audio.
Thanks for the links, just got done eyeballing the manual on the JBL, the only thing it's missing is a chocolate milkshake dispenser and built in WLAN.
Retro Rick
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- RE: Rapid change??? - rick_m 10:35:05 02/17/12 (1)
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