When was the last time you have used your CD player?

chargerman426
chargerman426 Posts: 419
edited June 2011 in Electronics
Just wondering when the last time you guys have actually used your CD players. Ever since I got my iMac in late 2009 I haven't really used my CD player that much. With some stuff I think the CD player sounds better but its no where near as convenient as the Mac. I have all of my CD rip as Apple Lossless running into my PS audio Digital Link DAC and it sounds great.
If life had more tubes it would be a lot smoother.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,466
    edited May 2011
    Running it now and loving it.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2011
    I just put a couple of cds in yesterday, but that was the first time probably in 6 months.
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  • chargerman426
    chargerman426 Posts: 419
    edited May 2011
    cfrizz wrote: »
    I just put a couple of cds in yesterday, but that was the first time probably in 6 months.

    I did the same thing a few days ago. But me being use to changing artist so much I listened to one track and then switched back to the Mac to listen to some other stuff.
    If life had more tubes it would be a lot smoother.
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited May 2011
    I use mine daily.Put it on shuffle and away I go.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2011
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Running it now and loving it.

    I'm with treitz3 on this, just made a heavy (by my standards) investment in a Jolida Music Van and you better believe I'm going to be listening to it!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited May 2011
    Less than 1 hour ago (when I'm awake) is pretty much my answer, no matter what time of day it is.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,208
    edited May 2011
    used mine last night... and will use it again tonight. Why wouldn't I? It sounds good (with a hotrodded outboard DAC) and it has a remote control.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited May 2011
    I just sold my SACD player! :eek:
    Jake
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,551
    edited May 2011
    Ran it heavily for the past week, and now it's boxed up with everything else. I miss my Yamaha PX-3 already. The cdp is nice and all, but god do I miss my vinyl.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited May 2011
    Used my SACD/CD player yesterday, plan on running it all weekend - got some new discs to play.

    While everyone else is downloading, ripping, backing up, pulling down image files, creating folder structures, re-arranging playlists, I'll be listening.....just slightly ribbing you server guys... :biggrin:

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • byfthalone
    byfthalone Posts: 345
    edited May 2011
    I just bought Zingo's SACD and played it an hour ago!!!
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,466
    edited May 2011
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    While everyone else is downloading, ripping, backing up, pulling down image files, creating folder structures, re-arranging playlists, I'll be listening...
    That's sig material right there. :wink:
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2011
    Last night. However, I mostly use it to verify if a CD or Hybrid SACD is worth putting on the iPod. If it is worthy then the CD will only be played in the car after it gets ported to the iPod. If a CD is not iPod worthy, it might get played again at some time in the future, then maybe not. Obviously, SACDs require using the SACD player.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,935
    edited May 2011
    I use my CDP daily and it is playing right now.

    I have no desire to listen to any other format as music - even as background music. Ill listen to the same CD all day before the computer starts running the show ;)
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,466
    edited May 2011
    Even if it's a compilation CD of Bette Midler and Vanilla Ice singing in a duo with Run DMC DJ'n? :biggrin:
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,028
    edited May 2011
    The SACD/CD player gets daily use.....listening right now. The office CDP gets used almost daily.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited May 2011
    I'm glad to see that at least about 80% of us are still sane.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,028
    edited May 2011
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    I'm glad to see that at least about 80% of us are still sane.

    Smart too. :smile:
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,249
    edited May 2011
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    I'm glad to see that at least about 80% of us are still sane.

    Don't knock it until you give it a really serious workout. I had the same narrow minded view and I'm a complete convert. Only down fall is you can't stream SACD, but with high rez dl's more readily available that won't be an issue in the future.
    F1nut wrote: »
    Smart too. :smile:

    :wink::mad::smile:

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,229
    edited May 2011
    I spin a Cd weekly. After all my research on Flac , Wav and Lossless , I'm still a pure CD kind of guy.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,249
    edited May 2011
    mantis wrote: »
    I spin a Cd weekly. After all my research on Flac , Wav and Lossless , I'm still a pure CD kind of guy.


    Then you need to do more research :wink::smile:

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,551
    edited May 2011
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    I use my CDP daily and it is playing right now.

    I have no desire to listen to any other format as music - even as background music. Ill listen to the same CD all day before the computer starts running the show ;)

    Spoke like a man that has yet to hear the world of vinyl. Once you go black... well you know.:tongue::cool:
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,140
    edited May 2011
    I listen to my players daily upstairs setup, or down stairs setup, even in the garage setup everyday at any given time I listen to my CD players. I have to many CDs not to listen to them.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited May 2011
    mantis wrote: »
    I spin a Cd weekly. After all my research on Flac , Wav and Lossless , I'm still a pure CD kind of guy.
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    I'm glad to see that at least about 80% of us are still sane.
    You guys remind me of the vinyl crowd when CD's became popular, they were holding onto their dated format for dear life.

    Like it or not, downloadable music is the way of the future. Done right, it can sound just as good, if not better than those shiny plastic gold or silver disks.
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  • bikerboy
    bikerboy Posts: 1,215
    edited May 2011
    I play cds on the shigaclone transport through my TPA buffaloII dac almost every day. It sounds better than the computer through the same dac. Someday I will get a usb to spdif interface to help the computer, but for now the transport sounds noticeably better.
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited May 2011
    Believe it or not, haven't played it in about 3 weeks, just got a box today from a friend with 61 cd's, Shpongle, Younger Brother, OTT, Kick Bong, Bluetech, AES-Dana, at least a months worth of heavy listening ahead, poor little Panasonic :wink:

    Hopefully a nice old Audio Alchemy transport and DAC heavily modded coming soon too!
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,103
    edited May 2011
    I'm still in the process of ripping my CD's to FLAC (almost done). Then they're off to sit in a closet somewhere with the CD player. Good riddance! :wink: Technology baby! Embrace it!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,935
    edited May 2011
    I heard vinyl (several times) on what some consider their reference rig and I could do without it. To this day I have no desire to deal with that....
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • chargerman426
    chargerman426 Posts: 419
    edited May 2011
    I have tried vinyl and it just had to much back ground noise for me. That why I have gone with a computer with a real nice DAC it one of the quietest sources I have used.
    If life had more tubes it would be a lot smoother.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,935
    edited May 2011
    My problem with vinyl is it had as much detail as tubes! ;)
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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