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In Reply to: RE: Downloads vs CD's and ripped CD's posted by AbeCollins on October 14, 2024 at 08:38:18
" P.S. I also digitized a couple dozen LP's and decided it's not worth the effort. It is extremely tedious - but fun until it isn't! Too much work but that's another story."
Same story here. I bought a Parasound Zphono USB phono preamp specifically for that purpose, and used it twice. Ever since it's taken up residence in the garage.
I find myself questioning the value of a lot of high-rez stuff, though. I can access a lot of it via Qobuz, but I often find that I prefer what I've ripped myself to my NAS drive.
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I've played around with 'hi-res' downloads and streaming but in general unless there was something wrong with the CD I wasn't hearing huge differences - or differences that were worth fretting over.
I stream mostly Qobuz and my ripped CDs but I can't say that I prefer one over the other. I'll have to turn in my golden ear audiophile badge ;-)
I suppose that it's just a personal nit to pick, but Qobuz seems to store all of their music as individual cuts. When you play an "album", what you're really getting is just the cuts that are on that particular album played in proper sequence. In my experience, this sometimes results in very abrupt transitions between tracks that can be pretty annoying at times. This doesn't happen with what I've ripped myself.
Then again, I might just be a cranky old f@rt.
> > " P.S. I also digitized a couple dozen LP's and decided it's not worth the
> > effort. It is extremely tedious - but fun until it isn't! Too much work
> > but that's another story."
Yes but the vinyl ritual and record cleaning machines are more of a buzz kill to me. I don't think there's anything in my lifetime, other than better equipment, that's brought me more musical enjoyment than a GUI. I play my vinyl to record it and then not again until I'm in the mood for serious listening (LOL) - playing back in random mode or even listening to albums digitally is more than adequate for me to get off when listening to music on my hifi.
I used to require the occasional vinyl ritual to satisfy that itch. Take out the turntable, hook up the phono, clean a record, clean the stylus, play some music. Put it all away for another month then repeat. Well, that month has stretched to several months. I might set it up again but the last time I did that it held my interest for only a couple LPs before I was back to the digital GUI.
I have the same issue. I actually have a pretty decent vinyl rig, but it's been months since I used it. The convenience of the digital side is pretty seductive.
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