endimion said:
errrr my father got a Hi-Fi system with high quality component selected with ascilloscope testing and with DDD CDs it sounds way better than his records and tubs amp he had before... of course that stuff cost like crazy but digital media can do better than old stuff now.... and the warmth of vinyle it's BS (i like it too) but you can't say the sound is not clearer on a CD with a good prod behind that's plain BS... especially when it's classical music... a vinyl simply ruins it and even more with time... I still like my old pink floyd vinyls but new recordings with good prod from recent orchestras or band are better now... |
The warmth sound comes from tubes and tubes like anything else have a wide cariety of products to choose from. It costs a lot of money but set yourself up with a McIntosh amp listen to a well cared for record and play a CD right after that. It is the nature of CD's to distort sound by flattening it. Your system approximates the intergral of the wave form allowing for a better sound but it will still not match the quality of a record or even a DAT. For one ever 44,000ths of a sec the sound is quashed into one thing which has an effect of muddling it. Records sound better and smoother for everything including Classical and even House music. Ask a really good DJ to use CD's with top of the line equipment or use records almost all will choose records and there si a reason for that.
I am not saying digital foramts are crap. CDs sound OK Super Audio CD's and DVD audio discs sound way better than CDs and are actually pretty good. MP3s are serviceable and very convienant. If you really have all that equipment I suggest you invest in a really really good record player and buy a freshly printed or well cared for record and listen.
I also will say that most people will not be able to the difference between records or CDs. A lot of people think that MP3s sound better than CDs. In all honesty ony A/V nerds really care.
