In Reply to: Why early digital sounded so bad posted by KlausR. on November 25, 2005 at 03:53:25:
As long as you don't get hung up on DBT nonsense this issue could be put to bed early.Also get hold of early CDs and listen to them on modern players.
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In any event there don't seem to be many desirable vintage CDPs out there. That alone is an indication of the merit of the early players.
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- Simply get samples of early players and listen to them with modern 'audiophile' quality CDs. ... - bjh 10:54:23 11/28/05 (66)
- Presumes the transports don't age... - Al Sekela 14:30:55 11/29/05 (5)
- I was nodding agreement until you got to the part about phono carts - Dave Pogue 14:46:51 11/29/05 (4)
- That's a new one for me. - Al Sekela 13:53:25 11/30/05 (3)
- Re: That's a new one for me. - Dave Pogue 14:15:35 11/30/05 (2)
- Thanks! Great site! (nt) - Al Sekela 14:24:22 12/01/05 (0)
- It's also good at renewing aged (slipping) belts in cassette decks and such. nt - markrohr 04:10:31 12/01/05 (0)
- Re: Simply get samples of early players and listen to them with modern 'audiophile' quality CDs. ... - john curl 09:57:06 11/29/05 (5)
- Re: Simply get samples of early players and listen to them with modern 'audiophile' quality CDs. ... - Tom Dawson 10:02:07 11/30/05 (0)
- Re: Simply get samples of early players and listen to them with modern 'audiophile' quality CDs. ... - regmac 12:14:24 11/29/05 (1)
- Re: Simply get samples of early players and listen to them with modern 'audiophile' quality CDs. ... - john curl 14:54:05 11/29/05 (0)
- Re: Simply get samples of early players and listen to them with modern 'audiophile' quality CDs. ... - bjh 11:02:30 11/29/05 (1)
- Re: Simply get samples of early players and listen to them with modern 'audiophile' quality CDs. ... - morricab 06:07:16 12/01/05 (0)
- Mercifully - E-Stat 12:35:20 11/28/05 (53)
- Easier than that... - Silver Eared John 17:43:50 11/28/05 (52)
- Um, SEJ - E-Stat 20:13:50 11/28/05 (51)
- No, silly... - Silver Eared John 11:02:46 11/29/05 (44)
- Eh Slick, since you know of some dentist drill like brain rattlers ... - bjh 12:06:02 11/29/05 (2)
- It was a Beethoven symphony... - Silver Eared John 12:58:13 11/29/05 (1)
- Oh, sorry. I forgot to look. I'll try to remember later today. - Silver Eared John 12:50:38 12/03/05 (0)
- It's easy enough to try - E-Stat 11:19:10 11/29/05 (40)
- Y'all don't get it, do y'all? - Silver Eared John 12:56:44 11/29/05 (39)
- What then - E-Stat 14:09:04 11/29/05 (38)
- Y'all want me to explain in words what I hear? - Silver Eared John 15:41:34 11/29/05 (37)
- Please elaborate on this observation - E-Stat 15:58:05 11/29/05 (36)
- So, again, y'all spewing hate without knowing what you're talking about, eh? - Silver Eared John 09:37:09 11/30/05 (35)
- Re: So, again, y'all spewing hate without knowing what you're talking about, eh? - john curl 09:53:06 11/30/05 (29)
- First, birdbrain, the name is "John" - Silver Eared John 11:48:12 11/30/05 (28)
- There - that's wasn't difficult, now was it? - E-Stat 12:37:02 11/30/05 (21)
- And y'all still don't understand... - Silver Eared John 14:00:29 11/30/05 (20)
- What then is a "normal" equalizer ? (nt) - E-Stat 17:12:21 11/30/05 (0)
- So explain it then...... - mkuller 14:28:32 11/30/05 (18)
- Go read the book, eh? - Silver Eared John 23:18:29 11/30/05 (17)
- There's absolutely no difference... - mkuller 11:22:22 12/01/05 (16)
- Hold on, Mike - E-Stat 14:16:16 12/01/05 (15)
- More dishonesty... Y'all a flat-out liar, chump - Silver Eared John 16:51:29 12/01/05 (14)
- Logic is not your forte - E-Stat 17:25:58 12/01/05 (13)
- Once again, y'all hide when y'all get caught... - Silver Eared John 17:52:01 12/01/05 (12)
- Uh oh, caught...evasive tactics...dive, dive, dive! LOL! (nt) - mkuller 09:45:46 12/02/05 (10)
- You're not even creative. - Silver Eared John 14:34:57 12/02/05 (9)
- I'm still waiting - E-Stat 18:10:01 12/02/05 (8)
- RTFM - Silver Eared John 23:46:17 12/02/05 (7)
- Re: RTFM - john curl 00:10:08 12/03/05 (6)
- Sorry y'all aren't an LP engineer. - Silver Eared John 00:10:38 12/05/05 (2)
- Re: Sorry y'all aren't an LP engineer. - john curl 13:37:40 12/07/05 (1)
- Ask him about EQ in the compression vs. displacement range - Silver Eared John 21:53:11 12/08/05 (0)
- Game over - E-Stat 07:38:28 12/03/05 (2)
- Nope, that's not it. - Silver Eared John 00:11:32 12/05/05 (0)
- Re: Game over - john curl 10:01:50 12/03/05 (0)
- Ok, ignore what you've said - E-Stat 19:16:55 12/01/05 (0)
- Only a fool would thow out claims and then insist others run around to confirm. LOL nt. - bjh 11:55:55 11/30/05 (5)
- I'm not responsible for other's ignorance, you know... - Silver Eared John 14:01:28 11/30/05 (4)
- Only a fool would thow out claims and then insist others run around to confirm. LOL nt. - bjh 15:57:40 11/30/05 (3)
- Son, I stated a fact... - Silver Eared John 14:36:02 12/02/05 (2)
- Only a fool would thow out claims and then insist others run around to confirm. LOL nt. - bjh 19:07:50 12/02/05 (1)
- You're a liar, slick... - Silver Eared John 17:43:49 12/12/05 (0)
- I really didn't think you knew either. (nt) - E-Stat 09:48:11 11/30/05 (4)
- Buy the book, learn for yourself, and don't lie about me. - Silver Eared John 11:50:35 11/30/05 (3)
- Re: Buy the book, learn for yourself, and don't lie about me. - john curl 16:54:36 11/30/05 (2)
- What's wrong, cat got yer tongue, slick? - Silver Eared John 23:16:35 11/30/05 (1)
- Re: What's wrong, cat got yer tongue, slick? - john curl 08:24:44 12/01/05 (0)
- I believe there have been some DBTs . . . - Pat D 21:02:22 11/28/05 (5)
- DBTs and actual differences. . . - mkuller 14:37:31 11/29/05 (0)
- Hey Pat the claim is that there are older CDs that sound ... - bjh 05:30:22 11/29/05 (3)
- You are confused. - Pat D 16:25:29 11/29/05 (2)
- Since I doubt I could improve on the sentiment ... - bjh 19:39:34 11/29/05 (1)
- So you support someone else's invalid argument? - Pat D 20:32:29 11/29/05 (0)