Why are CD Players so uninteresting?

matteos said:
Digital is about convenience. ...
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This is a common misconception, but its ubiquity doesn't make it true. The parameters of the CD system were specifically chosen for higher fidelity than records could offer. Bad production on many modern CDs wastes that potential, but it's still there for recording engineers and producers who care enough to use it.

matteos said:
I appreciate it, but if you're going to mess around with physical media, should be a record. Rip cds to a hardrive and change from your couch. I'll get up to flip a record, but why bother with digital when you don't have too?
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That's a choice you get to make. I choose to listen to both types of media because that's what's in my collection (and because some of those analog recordings will never get reissued on CD).
 
The less visually interesting the appearance of the hardware source the better sounding the music, exponentially. This is the Icenine Inverse Square Law. This is why cds sound better than LPs, and flac (mp3, ogg, etc) sound better than cds.
 
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icenine said:
The less visually interesting the appearance of the hardware source the better sounding the music, exponentially. This is the Icenine Inverse Square Law. This is why cds sound better than LPs, and flac (mp3, ogg, etc) sound better than cds.
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Odd, all of my FLACs sound exactly the same to me as my CDs. Of course, about 95% of them were ripped from those same CDs with EAC... any differences are solely due to the differences between the DAC between my CDP (actually an old Samsung DVD player) and my HRT MSii+...
 
N8Nagel said:
Odd, all of my FLACs sound exactly the same to me as my CDs. Of course, about 95% of them were ripped from those same CDs with EAC... any differences are solely due to the differences between the DAC between my CDP (actually an old Samsung DVD player) and my HRT MSii+...
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Hey make sure you are using Monster Cables......;)
 
icenine said:
Hey make sure you are using Monster Cables......;)
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I'm using some monster cheap cables :) everything is wired up with the PX blowout AR video cables (just finished that project today, all of the crap cables have been eradicated!), save for the TT which has a Mogami WR-03

still sounds good to me and I still have money in my pocket :)
 
N8Nagel said:
I'm using some monster cheap cables :) everything is wired up with the PX blowout AR video cables (just finished that project today, all of the crap cables have been eradicated!), save for the TT which has a Mogami WR-03

still sounds good to me and I still have money in my pocket :)
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Cool! To be honest however never buy rca cables from the 99 Cent store...those really do make a system sound like crap lol.
 
tonyk said:
Now that's a damn fine looking CD player.
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Totally agree! I showed the picture to my girlfriend and she was stunned.

Yesterday, I brought my girlfriend to Planet of Sound on Bank Street. I wanted to show her the turntables prices there. I think she appreciated more the gear that I have been acquiring after seeing what new goes for.
 
icenine said:
Cool! To be honest however never buy rca cables from the 99 Cent store...those really do make a system sound like crap lol.
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Oh believe me I know... I picked up some good looking 15' cables for cheap because the girl rearranged the living room and I needed a long one for TV sound. Holy interference batman, shielding matters. that's when I started obsessing over cables. I still am a cheap illegitimate child, but pay attention to what I'm buying and will spend real money if there's no other option to do what needs to be done.
 
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B&O Beosound 9000. Definitely on my wish list!
 
here is spectacular in CD players:


i first saw one of these at the audio den in van nuys california mounted on the wall.

it is much heavier than any other cdp i know of.
 
That is gorgeous!

I would love to find one of those at a price I was willing to pay!

But I didn't find any B&O CD players for sale online and only had one response to my looking for ad. And that is the one I bought.

After further listening, I am hearing a difference. Like I am getting more detail out of the CD player.
 
My intent with starting this thread was to show case some great hardware, and to get some ideas on where I should go on my CD player quest. I'm happy I got so many great responses and as a result, I'm now the owner of a gorgeous B&O CDX player.

This machine works great! So far I have had no misplays that I could hear and everything I've put into it plays great. It also appeals to my visual sensitivities, and my appreciation for fine equipment.

Naturally, the media we use is important for the end state of the sounds we hear, and a great master is a great master no matter what. I also use apple lossless in all my systems through numerous airport express adapters in my house. But there are times when I want to listen to a CD, which is where one of these players comes in.
 
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