CD Player

[Integralista]

And that's where I have to disagree with you. From someone who uses a Universal disc player to play CD's....... and Bluray audio, and SACD, and hi-res from a memory stick....
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Which universal player are you using?

 

[Al ears]

Which universal player are you using?

It's in my signature.
Pretty much down the the quality of components including the DAC chip employed, along with master clock chip etc.
In a blind listening test I doubt anyone could say it wasn't a CD player

 

[Integralista]

It's in my signature.
Pretty much down the the quality of components including the DAC chip employed, along with master clock chip etc.
In a blind listening test I doubt anyone could say it wasn't a CD player

Oppo is very fine uni player. They very unique in compatibility, reliability and very good picture and sound quality. Even it is in past tense. Never checked how good are new Magnetar players. I see you use Benz Glyder SL cartridge. One of my favourite ones. 😉

 

[Al ears]

Oppo is very fine uni player. They very unique in compatibility, reliability and very good picture and sound quality. Even it is in past tense. Never checked how good are new Magnetar players. I see you use Benz Glyder SL cartridge. One of my favourite ones. 😉

Both the Magnatar and the Reavon X200 are meant to be on a par with the Oppo 205 so imagine they are excellent, luckily I haven't had the need to find out.....

 

[DCarmi]

Perfectly legal to make your own compilation, for personal use, or back up, from tracks you have purchased.

It is legal to make a copy for personal use. You cannot share it with e.g. a family member, though. They would have to use the original copy.

It is illegal to create a compilation CD from wav files, as this would be a copyright infringement. There again, I'd seriously doubt you'd get a knock at the door over this.

Insanely enough, you could rip tracks to mp3 or flac and store them where you like (for personal use). I'd guess, if you converted flac files back to wav and stuck them on an CD, that might be fine.

The law, as the say, is an ass.

 

[matthewpianist]

It is legal to make a copy for personal use. You cannot share it with e.g. a family member, though. They would have to use the original copy.

It is illegal to create a compilation CD from wav files, as this would be a copyright infringement. There again, I'd seriously doubt you'd get a knock at the door over this.

Insanely enough, you could rip tracks to mp3 or flac and store them where you like (for personal use). I'd guess, if you converted flac files back to wav and stuck them on an CD, that might be fine.

The law, as the say, is an ass.

Strictly speaking, it is also illegal to retain a copy if you no longer own the original, whether that copy is on another disc or on a hard drive or other storage device.

Personally, I have kept all my CDs, and part of the reason is my preference for playing complete works and complete albums from beginning to end, as the composer and artist intended. Whether it's a classical work or an album of any genre, the tracks have been intentionally set in a particular order, and I feel that is an important part of the work. That isn't to say I don't sometimes create playlists, but when I do, it's on Qobuz, because I feel the other benefits of physical media have been lost by that point - the nice presentation, booklet, the artistic work as the creator intended etc.