Well there's Bryn Terfel and and there's Bryn Terfel.Fair enough Tony. I don't buy CDs these days so I wasn't aware that Bryn Terfel's stuff was remaindered so much.
I think there's a highlights version (2 operas per cd.) no idea.DVD only, I think.
SACD have shot up in value for several reasons — the runs were more limited than the equivalent CD release, the mastering was often better, they can have more than two channels, the SACD logo is not as ugly as the Compact Disc logo, …Is this because there's no easily-available ripping method for them, they're not on the streaming services in this form, and so the only source is the physical disc?.
I used to own a Rotel RCD-06 CD player with a single Wolfson WM-8742 DAC chip internally and as you said, it has ample dynamics, details, definition & drive that is indeed very enjoyable to listen to music. I like this CD player a lot and prefer it over older Rotel CD players with Burr Brown chips......my humble Rotel cd player still had better dynamics, detail definition & drive than any option i tried.
.....SQ is my priority & i still find it much simpler placing a cd in the draw than searching through endless tracks on my laptop.....
SACDs could actually be ripped using selected models of very early Sony Playstation 3 updated with a specific version of their firmware. The ISO files could then be playback through music players in computers plus external DACs capable of DSD playback.so you cant rip/copy sacds. well well well. wonder why any one bothers with them
The future of CD is that I'll be buying loads of mint condition music for peanuts. It's a fantastic medium, very versatile. Rip it, compress it, whatever, it's still nice to have your favourites on hard copy,
Well there's Bryn Terfel and and there's Bryn Terfel.
If you can find his met Ring cycle for 50p do let me know (don't think it's ever come out on cd has it?)
Nothing? As you don't own them, you are just renting them, AFAIK.Give me a cd any day. They may not fetch so much on the 'bay these days but I remember when they were a real luxury state of the art expensive commodity in the eighties.
At 44/16 quality they beat an iTunes download (how much will they be worth in the future?) and come with their own hard copy and paperwork. Bonus!
I don't worry they're not fetching much in money these days. I use them to enjoy music. And when I'm dead and gone they'll make good slug repellants !
I have been tempted to buy a Cambridge Audio Hard Drive network player, previously their top of the line CD player caught my eye, plug all my kit into the connection laden rear panel and use it as a DAC and have the benefit of a 'giant killer' CD player thrown into the bargain.
The one thing that keeps me with CD is the ease of use, from what I've seen just getting to your music on these network players requires you to go through several menus, when I see some limp-wristed idiot faffing about with a tablet swooping through their album art I despair.
Every one of my CDs has a number and CD Text, I put all my bands in groups and roughly know where they are, I just want to surf through my music in as timely manner as possible.
In a perfect world I could probably just leave my Sony 300 CD players on 'All Discs' and transfer my entire collection via toslink overnight but I doubt it's that simple, bet it would want me to name and arrange all kinds of stuff before I could add the next CD.
so you cant rip/copy sacds. well well well. wonder why any one bothers with them
But if you won't download, you will probably end up stuck in the musical past. There is a lot of new music that is only available as a download, especially from regions were CD manufacture is next to impossible. Like the Sahara, for example.
I do not listen to TRASH music i.e rock ,pop.
Always nice to respect others' choices, isn't it?