Go Back to CD?

[Cricketbat70]

First, a vinyl revival, then cassette tapes and now CD, exactly as I predicted ages ago.

Thing is, if you rip your CDs to FLAC files and store them, these files are lossless versions and will sound the same.

It's taking me longer than I wanted but that's what I'm doing. Started years ago but just never seem to have the time to get it finished. Then I stream to CCA, Denon RCD-N7. Or at night in bed stream to my phone via Bubble UPnP.

 

[Al ears]

I want, I want!
£1624? Nah, no problem, going to sell my kidney.

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I am hanging on to kidneys and waiting for Lottery win... 😎

 

[manicm]

Yes shame that, something to do with Sony SACD/Blu-ray licensing policy, they charge a hefty fee.
Chinese outfits want none of it. SACD is essentially DSD64 but there's something in the software that ensures compatibility and if the Chinese hack it, it would infringe on the copyright but that hasn't stop them in them in the past.
I agree, nice to have the MQA option but what's the point of it?

Shanling sells a genuine SACD player, haven't checked the specs to see if it needs an external decoder, but I'm guessing it doesn't i.e. it does DSD native internally.

 

[manicm]

I want, I want!
£1624? Nah, no problem, going to sell my kidney.

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You may as well save up for a Marantz SACD 30n - cos it will cost the same by the time you add an external decoder/DAC.

Note the 30n natively decodes SACD/DSD internally.

 

[Al ears]

You may as well save up for a Marantz SACD 30n - cos it will cost the same by the time you add an external decoder/DAC.

Note the 30n natively decodes SACD/DSD internally.

They are nice, however as I said, if I was spending that much it would be cheaper to simply buy another Universal Disc player....
That way I get bluray audio ability as well, which is the one format I cannot rip to a digital file.

 

[manicm]

They are nice, however as I said, if I was spending that much it would be cheaper to simply buy another Universal Disc player....
That way I get bluray audio ability as well, which is the one format I cannot rip to a digital file.

Reavon is your piece then.

 

[Jasonovich]

You may as well save up for a Marantz SACD 30n - cos it will cost the same by the time you add an external decoder/DAC.

Note the 30n natively decodes SACD/DSD internally.

Nice but not price appropriate for my budget.
If I was serious, £500 probably the most I pay for CD transport. There some on the market you can get for a reasonable price but possibly limited and I'll be most surprised if any of those were universal players.
Hopefully in the near future more manufacturers will get on board and start offering their wares at reasonable prices.
WiiM I hope their ears are buzzing 😀
If we have a CD reviewal maybe things will change.

 

[podknocker]

All a CD transport needs to do is send binary data to an external DAC at 1411kbps. Laser, optics and something to spin the CD. This stuff is over 40 years old now and should cost no more than £100 so what do people think is actually being improved when they buy a really expensive CD transport?

 

[Jasonovich]

All a CD transport needs to do is send binary data to an external DAC at 1411kbps. Laser, optics and something to spin the CD. This stuff is over 40 years old now and should cost no more than £100 so what do people think is actually being improved when they buy a really expensive CD transport?

Ah Pod I was waiting for someone else to answer your thread, sit back and knock back the popcorn 🍿 😂
My string was pulled.
It's synonymous to tennis string racket.
All rackets do the same thing, they hit the ball. I know there's a pun with the word racket but better I stay on my baseline. 😊

To most users, there's absolutely no difference between the ASDA racket and the Wilson racket that was purchased from the Sports shop.
The serious player would notice the difference, the firmness of the handle, the quality of tension, small supple difference that can make or break a game.
The parallel here, one can expect better tracking laser mechanism, more stability when the disk is spinning, all this is residual improvements, possibly not worth paying the extra outlay but what would sway me, is the flexibility, not tied to the CD player, I can use it with different DACs.
The more capable machines allow you to use different audio formats.
I love extra boxes with flashing LEDs, I know the child in me has never left.
😊