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Vote - CD or HD?
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matengawhat
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you need a 3rd box for can't tell the difference and not bothered how its stored as long as it sounds good
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ooooo can we have a mains cable one??
1.Do you believe they make a difference
or
2. Are you deaf?
1.Do you believe they make a difference
or
2. Are you deaf?
Fair point
reworded
Do you think mains cables can make a difference?
1. Yes I am open to new ideas and theories
or
2. No I am stuck in a cave, the world is flat and we will asphyxiate if travelling above 15mph
reworded
Do you think mains cables can make a difference?
1. Yes I am open to new ideas and theories
or
2. No I am stuck in a cave, the world is flat and we will asphyxiate if travelling above 15mph
Definitely CD because I still have to make my own compilation cassettes for the car.
Although I am working on an mp3 to cassette rig.
Although I am working on an mp3 to cassette rig.
I love the idea of NAS based storage augmented with a DAC but a recent tot up of the outlay didn't justify the move.
Airport Express£88Apple iTouch (used)£40NAS£300?DAC (Dacmagic)£230TOTAL£658
Now bearing in mind that this DAC won't sound as good as my current CDP, it's not an easily justifiable spend. Especially when I can monoblock my Quad for less. Starting from scratch it would be a different story.
Airport Express£88Apple iTouch (used)£40NAS£300?DAC (Dacmagic)£230TOTAL£658
Now bearing in mind that this DAC won't sound as good as my current CDP, it's not an easily justifiable spend. Especially when I can monoblock my Quad for less. Starting from scratch it would be a different story.
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Airport Express £75
iPod Touch - free (gift)
NAS - doesn't work with AE
DAC (Fubar IV) - £125
Total £200
(actual cost of iPod Touch and £1100 Mac ignored for argument distortion purposes)
iPod Touch - free (gift)
NAS - doesn't work with AE
DAC (Fubar IV) - £125
Total £200
(actual cost of iPod Touch and £1100 Mac ignored for argument distortion purposes)
True Blue:
Do you think mains cables can make a difference?
1. Yes I am open to new ideas and theories
or
2. No I am stuck in a cave, the world is flat and we will asphyxiate if travelling above 15mph
Yes. I just had my tinfoil hat DCT treated. It provides even beter protection against government mind control now. The downside is that the voices in my head are now a lot louder and have a wider soundstage.
or
No.
Do you think mains cables can make a difference?
1. Yes I am open to new ideas and theories
or
2. No I am stuck in a cave, the world is flat and we will asphyxiate if travelling above 15mph
Yes. I just had my tinfoil hat DCT treated. It provides even beter protection against government mind control now. The downside is that the voices in my head are now a lot louder and have a wider soundstage.
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No.
chebby
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DAC - £184
USB cable - £8 (in a John Lewis sale)
Optical cable - £8 (supplied by Beresford)
HDD - N/A (Already present in computer and in DVD/HDD recorder.)
Total £200
(Not counting cost of computers or DVD/HDD recorder because we had them already.)
I prefer CD in my particluar set-up, but acknowledge that in any system enough can be spent to make either CD or streamed music sound superior. If I got a Benchmark DAC then it would undoubtedly sound better. Then if I bought a CDX2 that might top the Benchmark. A Chord QBD-76 might trump the lot (until I plug in a Chord CD player that has the QBD76 DAC built in).
So I think the quality argument is neither here-nor-there and (as usual) comes down to price paid and system integration/synergy rather than any inherent superiority of a particular medium..
I see this as just a vote on convenience really. I expect that as many find CD convenient as those who don't.
It all gets a bit fuzzier now some really good CD players have connections to use external sources through their internal DACs.
USB cable - £8 (in a John Lewis sale)
Optical cable - £8 (supplied by Beresford)
HDD - N/A (Already present in computer and in DVD/HDD recorder.)
Total £200
(Not counting cost of computers or DVD/HDD recorder because we had them already.)
I prefer CD in my particluar set-up, but acknowledge that in any system enough can be spent to make either CD or streamed music sound superior. If I got a Benchmark DAC then it would undoubtedly sound better. Then if I bought a CDX2 that might top the Benchmark. A Chord QBD-76 might trump the lot (until I plug in a Chord CD player that has the QBD76 DAC built in).
So I think the quality argument is neither here-nor-there and (as usual) comes down to price paid and system integration/synergy rather than any inherent superiority of a particular medium..
I see this as just a vote on convenience really. I expect that as many find CD convenient as those who don't.
It all gets a bit fuzzier now some really good CD players have connections to use external sources through their internal DACs.
I'v got:
Ripnas & 4TB Box £1,400
DacMagic £220
Sonos £700
...And my CD73 has given up the ghost.
Guess how I voted.
Ripnas & 4TB Box £1,400
DacMagic £220
Sonos £700
...And my CD73 has given up the ghost.
Guess how I voted.
Not sure - I thought the point was that you just voted, rather than voting then telling us why you voted that way...
I'm not sure that the language used in the question is particularly robust JD...
Can it be like the X-Factor where we get to vote for our favourite as many times as we like, and therefore paying for Simon Cowell's next jet ski session?
PS I voted for being a luddite and I have both running through exactly the same DAC/amp/cables/speakers. Therefore I win.
Can it be like the X-Factor where we get to vote for our favourite as many times as we like, and therefore paying for Simon Cowell's next jet ski session?
PS I voted for being a luddite and I have both running through exactly the same DAC/amp/cables/speakers. Therefore I win.
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