So, let me guess..............all CD players sound the same? Am I right?
I'm not a fan of ticks, pops and distortion, but I do likes me some analogue awesomeness — that sound you get from a good record on a good turntable.
Or you could answer the question.Is this a repetitive cyclic argument, or just a particularly bad straw man?
Hallo!
No CD player will ever sound “analogue”. Perhaps the first Philips players that were fluffy like an old Shure on a Thorens?
If you want analogue sound, buy a turntable and vintage AAA records!
Or you could answer the question.
Digital artefacts are far more grating and noticeable than analogue ones, vinyl sounds “nice”, but jittery or badly filtered / upsampled digital to analogue conversion can sound flat, glassy, hard etc.
When I can muster sufficient strength to overcome my vinyl snobbery and abandon my Orbe SE/Audiomods S5/DV17D3 for a moment.. I still find that my venerable and unmodified Rotel RCD 965 BX sounds nicely smooth and analogue..ish.
Hello,
i am from germany .and here the dealers say that the rega apollo cdp sounds very analog. so even bad recordings still sound good.
my current naim cd5i sometimes sounds annoying.
are there any opinions?
Hello,
i am from germany .and here the dealers say that the rega apollo cdp sounds very analog. so even bad recordings still sound good.
my current naim cd5i sometimes sounds annoying.
are there any opinions?
I had a Rega DAC and now have an Exposure 3010S2. I mostly listen to records and the Rega was the first digital source I heard that I really liked (not that I'd heard many). I'm not sure it has the main quality I associate with records (a kind of exaggerated separation of instruments) but it didn't sound flat and glassy, which my previous CD player had. I actually had a hard time getting my analogue sources to sound as good as the Rega. I only replaced it with the Exposure to cut back on boxes. The Exposure is leaner, cleaner and possibly more 3D sounding than the Rega - better, really, but the Rega was as good as I needed digital to be. I understand the Apollo sounds very similar.I'll keep an eye on the Rega. I also want to test the Exposure XM. The Exposure amplifiers sound very good. Is this also true for the CD-players ?
+1 for Meridian 506.24 and for me the 1st player (I have had others) that sounded analogue, I should sell it as I've ripped all my CDs but I still love it and it's built like a battleship with a proper mech, gathers nice comments when demonstrated.+ 1 for the Rotel, great sounding CD player, Meridian also sound good, Rega as well
Hi. Unlike tape or vinyl, digital files do not have a “sound” until they are converted to analogue.
Digital files do have a sound and it is usually described with a four-letter word...