I agree contrary to modern belief CDs always sound noticeably better to me regardless of streaming quality and platforms etc.
Ah well, indeed I never think of headphones. My thoughts on the matter, presuppose the use of a system with speakers.
My comment was really only about the fact that I get very good results from CDs and, will continue with CDs.
I used to stick headphones on in the front room when someone else was watching TV but I was repeatedly told I was "breathing funny". So I tried not to "breathe funny" but it ruined the whole listening experience.
I almost exclusively listen to my headphones, I only listen to speakers when I'm alone, basically less distractions but I do have a dilemma, do i listen to the Adam's in the study or Dali's in the bedroom, or the little Dali's in the dining room or Monitor Audio's in the lounge? Oh decisions decisions 🙂
Far too much choice Jason, you need to ditch some of it 🙂
Me too. I really enjoy listening to my CDs. I find them easy to manage. I enjoy the little ritual of choosing one, removing it from its case and placing it in the player.
I have a similar situation. Focal in the bedroom, Naim in the kitchen, Dynaudio actives in the Dining Room and Kef in the lounge. My headphone choice is similar as well, though I have the Quad planars to go with the Focal Elegia.
Search for the best recording quality releases and the most linear soundsystem. For me, it was really easy to select audio components, i'm in heaven when i listen to high quality recordings (Try with Patricia Barber as an example). Don't forget that your listening room , speakers placement and your listening position account a lot for the final fidelity.
Yes true, I probably can get rid of the HiFi in the lounge, I hardly use it, except when friends come round. Ah all that empty space!
Nice. I do think (not something I do often) having different setups in different rooms, stops you from getting bored with HiFi.
I never tried EAC, maybe worth looking into.
Extra processing, just because you can, even though you don’t think it makes any difference, seems rather pointless.
That's them; Quad ERA-1. they're great for serious music listening. Something like Led Zeppelin's Presence, on which you can pick out all the layers on Jimmy Page's overdubs. The album sounds very different then to playing it through the loudspeakers, up against the furniture and room dynamics. The obvious example is Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon, which Gilmour says has 7 guitar overdubs on, but I can't count that high anyway!
I can't do that. We only live in a small two bedroom bungalow with a tiny kitchen.
Speaker position has always been constant. Anyway, as I've always said, the kit is superb for the money -- it's music in general I'm bored with.
That's why I like the Elegias and, why I kept them, after sending back Beyerdynamic T5Ps, that were too clinical for me and, isn't that the best way to listen to all music?
You make a fair point. I'm looking at it from the perspective of storage, converting it from the original wav. format to FLAC frees up space on my SSD and thus, more music on the disk with no discernible differences in the sound quality.
Fabulous 🙂.
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