• The move to the new server is done. There are some software and database maintenance updates in process. This has us passing the hat around to help out. We appreciate any donations. Seriously, even a dollar helps. The payment page may be found here - https://www.audiokarma.org/support.html

Anyone sell their CD player and CDs???

djnagle

djnagle

AK Subscriber
Subscriber
I have the Schutt Modius DAC and a Raspberry Pi streamer controlled by my phone and paying monthly for Qobuz.

I play the same songs from the CD and then the Modius and simply can’t hear a difference. That is a digital signal out of the CD player. When I switch it to the tube out it sounds a bit warmer but not enough to stop streaming.

anyone else experienced the same thing.
 
Register to hide this ad
many have been the past 5yrs so a perfect time to buy, but prices on the good decks are going up, better act fast if looking.

5yrs ago these were selling for $80, original retail $1000 or more.

sony900v.gif

x158dvp999s-f_LD.jpeg

x158DVPX777-f.jpeg

All have superior SQ for 2-channel music reproduction than my new Blue Ray player, it's really not even close. The BR player is only here for movies as the older decks don't have HDMI to interface with the new TV's.
 
No! Still buy CDs and have 2 Sony 400 disc carousels.

Why would I walk away from something that sounds good and is very inexpensive? I’ve been finding CDs at yard sales for 25 cents apiece and got both carousels for free in working condition.
 
Last edited:
I don't have a disc player anymore, but I still have my CDs. And I add to that media collection routinely!

I rip all my CDs to .flac files on my NAS. The NAS feeds file to the RPI4, then they go on to the DAC and eventually out of the speakers. I use Roon to manage & play the music.
 
Yes I did! I went all digital. It was great getting rid of all that "stuff". I still kept 20-30 of my favorite CDs.

After a couple of years, I found an old JVC CD player at the Salvation Army. Great sounding old player. Brought back the magic when I got my first CD player.

A few years later and now I have about 2,000 CDs. 100 or so SACDs/DVD-A/BR-A. 5 or 6 different disc players.
 
Yes and no. Ten years ago, I stopped wasting time shuffling shiny discs, ripped my collection and enjoy the beauty of having a central digital library that feeds multiple systems. Along with being able to play an increasing collection of high resolution 24 bit content. And MP3 where necessary.

For licensing purposes, my CD collection is now on indefinite loan to the local library system. I maintain that approach when I must source new music via CD.
 
audiocrzy said:
Why would I walk away from something that sounds good and is very inexpensive?
Click to expand...
To experience better sound quality and not be limited by both the quantity and speed of players like that. Random play simply isn’t practical as track switching across albums is a noisy and time consuming hassle.

Been there, done that and went beyond. RPi based music servers can be found for under $100.
 
eiraved said:
Which was once said about LPs as I recall.
Click to expand...
The difference being turntables and tonearms are still in production. VPI, Clearaudio and Dynavector are both very much in business today.

I've yet to have any number of streamers used over the past decade fail. I've just upgraded them to better sounding units. :)
 
Streaming requires an Internet connection. Don't see how that could replace a cd which, for no additional fees, can be played anywhere and any time.
I'd like to get more into digital music and expand my CD collection, but where are these inexpensive CDs, of which people write, to be found?

I'd also like to upgrade mr Sony ES CD player , so where can I get one of these $1300 Yamaha CD players for $50?
https://www.crutchfield.com/S-ZLwuJ...MI9d7c-ZPR9wIVF_zjBx0Y4gFlEAQYAiABEgLXj_D_BwE
 
ic-racer said:
Streaming requires an Internet connection.
Click to expand...
For subscription services, yes. For access to a local music library, no.

ic-racer said:
Don't see how that could replace a cd which, for no additional fees, can be played anywhere and any time.
Click to expand...
One at a time, yes. Like we used to do in the floppy days. One floppy for each application. Wasn't it nice when you didn't have to swap anything to run any program and access any file?
 
Last edited:
I have been building a music collection for 40 years so I am not going to pay anyone a monthly fee to rent music. I havent had cable TV in 25 years saving over $25k over that time compared to the average person paying over $100 a month for cable. Besides that, 90% of the hard copies of music I have purchased could easily be sold for what I paid for them. Try to get something back from a streaming service or passing down your streaming service to your friends and family.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom