Location: East Anglia UK
Posts: 1,219
I'm Marc.
And THATS where streaming comes in.
Spotify...hear the album...naa..(or yes)
Blue Oyster Cult...Maybe just needs more Cowbell?
http://dai.ly/x64iyhl
Last edited by Gazjam; 19-04-2018 at 17:59.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
Location: Hertford, Hertfordshire, UK
Posts: 321
I'm Adam.
I rip all my CDs to my Hard Drive to play via my Raspberry Pi / Wolfson Audio Card via SqueezePlug.
The Pi feeds via the Wolfson's Co-ax into the Digital input of my Creek 50CD CD Player and Dac.
But I still keep all the CDs in a large cabinet in my listening room. This not only means I can read the booklets whilst playing the Flacs but also that they are to hand (in case of I.T failures etc) to play as CDs in the Creek 50CD.
One of the best things about continuing to buy CDs is that you can choose the "mastering". With so many CDs having had their sound ruined in the Loudness wars since the latest 90s. It is often nice to go back to an 80s or early 90s version. If you subscribe to a streaming service you often just get given the latest compressed mastering.
I don't think CDs will get a Vinyl style Hipster appreciation. However, there will still be folks who appreciate good sound quality and continue to seek out their preferred CD masterings on disc.
Adam.
I agree with Phil Bishop that CD does not have the tactile nature and novelty appeal thats driving the main part of the vinyl revival.
Its interesting the vintage cd players (ie the first generation and shortly afterwards) are being marketed now as having an analogue sound yet the vinyl enthusuasts hated them when they first came out.....So someone may be telling porkies
So there is a revival of first generation players...thats where the nostalgia revival is going on
I love cd and I will never forget that first feeling of hearing silence where there was supposed to be silence. It may not have been the last word in sound but the dynamics and lack of a noise floor were stunning. There was just something about it that was hard to put a finger on.
I am however gradually beginning to treat them as just things to rip onto computer.
Cds are a large part of my adult life. I will always have a player so I cant really talk in terms of a cd revival
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Location: Reading, UK
Posts: 362
Art Garfunkel's "Breakaway" album was key to my wife and myself getting together in the 80's
OK, it's a bit cheesy but it still remains a firm favourite.
....and what about "Bright Eyes" - surely it brings tears to your eyes too? Those poor little fluffy bunnies
For my part, I'll nominate the worst excesses of Prog as being unlistenable - I'm talking about just about anything by Yes or ELP - oh dear, now I'm in trouble.....
Too right you're in trouble. I can't say I'm a big Prog fan but I do have stuff from Yes, Caravan and Rick Wakeman in my collection.
Location: Reading, UK
Posts: 362
Don't worry, Caravan's "In The Land Of Grey & Pink" is one of my all time favourite LPs Additionally, in the spirit of this thread it sounds best on vinyl to my ears - the CD remasters have never captured the wonderful SQ - Deram pressings always were amazing.
Prog produced some gems such as the aforementioned LP but also some stuff that I find totally unlistenable these days.
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire these days
Posts: 4,779
I'm Shaun.
Revival..? I wasn't aware it had gone away.
Location: East Anglia UK
Posts: 1,219
I'm Marc.