Happy Birthday to the CD player!

astar13656
astar13656 Posts: 164
edited October 2012 in 2 Channel Audio
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/30-years-ago-cd-started-digital-music-revolution-6167906
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  • unclebiskabobka
    unclebiskabobka Posts: 109
    edited October 2012
    Now that's a birthday I'm thankful for.
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    Receiver - Pioneer VSX-521
    Front speakers - Polk Monitor 40's Series II
    Center - Polk Monitor CS1 Series II
    Surround - Polk Audio OWM3
    Subwoofer - JBL L8400P


    "I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited October 2012
    Maybe I should open this CD....still factory-sealed after 30 years.

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  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
    edited October 2012
    Remeber when they 1st came out. The biggest discussions where why spend 3 times more for the cd, than a vynal album or cassette.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited October 2012
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    Maybe I should open this CD....still factory-sealed after 30 years.

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    I gotta ask. Why still sealed ?
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited October 2012
    chumlie wrote: »
    I gotta ask. Why still sealed ?

    Actually, I purchased it about a year ago at a very good price....so good that I can't pass up an opportunity to have such a "curiosity". From all indications, this CD is the earliest CD pressing of this ELO album and it was the 24th CD title released by CBS/Sony in Japan, possibly in late 1982. I do have an identical, but opened, CD of this album.

    Btw, I also have an unopened INXS CD still in its factory-sealed "long box". Remember those?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited October 2012
    You've come a long way baby and you're sounding great!
    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."

    President of Club Polk

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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited October 2012
    I agree the CD sounds better than it did when first released. Not that masterings are necessarily better today (except audiophile mastered CD's of course such as MFSL, XRCD, DCC, etc.), but the players have improved greatly due to advances in DAC technology. I wouldn't call it "true analog sounding" but it's getting closer and closer for certain.
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    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited October 2012
    headrott wrote: »
    I agree the CD sounds better than it did when first released. Not that masterings are necessarily better today (except audiophile mastered CD's of course such as MFSL, XRCD, DCC, etc.), but the players have improved greatly due to advances in DAC technology. I wouldn't call it "true analog sounding" but it's getting closer and closer for certain.

    It all depends on the listener. I for one feel vinyl has a way to go to catch up with CD/SACD. Now don't get me wrong, vinyl can sound excellent but just isn't my cup of tea. Opinions will vary greatly on the whole subject matter. You have to go with what sounds best to you & in my case vinly takes a back seat.
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,418
    edited October 2012
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    It all depends on the listener. I for one feel vinyl has a way to go to catch up with CD/SACD. Now don't get me wrong, vinyl can sound excellent but just isn't my cup of tea. Opinions will vary greatly on the whole subject matter. You have to go with what sounds best to you & in my case vinly takes a back seat.

    CD's, and to a lesser extent, SACD's, all tend to sound over-processed to my ear. The process of converting an analog original source, to a digital signal, then to a digital format, then being recovered digitally so it can be converted back to an aproximation of the original analog signal just makes no sense to me. I agree that the process has improved over the decades, but it is still not as good as a good quality analog setup.

    And before you bring up the snap, crackle, pops and hiss, a good quality vinyl setup and LP's that have been well cared for and properly handled will be completely devoid of all those sonic imperfections. IMHO... listening to CD's is the sonic equivalent to watching paint dry.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,499
    edited October 2012
    headrott wrote: »
    .....but the players have improved greatly due to advances in DAC technology. .....


    True dat, some even with out of the ordinary box thinking. But from the time the first CD player was released, there were those who built them right and those who cheapened them up.

    And as a long time vinyl spinner, you will never ever get rid of ALL the pops and ticks, regardless of cleaning, steaming, anti-static treating and grounding. And that is a fact, Jack. Unless you run the signal through a digital RIAA in a 'putie like some folks are doing.:cheesygrin:

    Happy Birthday CD! Loving both vinyl and digital, and proud of it.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited October 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    CD's, and to a lesser extent, SACD's, all tend to sound over-processed to my ear. The process of converting an analog original source, to a digital signal, then to a digital format, then being recovered digitally so it can be converted back to an aproximation of the original analog signal just makes no sense to me. I agree that the process has improved over the decades, but it is still not as good as a good quality analog setup.

    And before you bring up the snap, crackle, pops and hiss, a good quality vinyl setup and LP's that have been well cared for and properly handled will be completely devoid of all those sonic imperfections. IMHO... listening to CD's is the sonic equivalent to watching paint dry.

    I see you concur with my statement that opinions will vary greatly on the whole subject matter. I take it you prefer vinyl...that's fine. Whatever format sounds good to you is all that matters. I'm in no way bashing vinyl, it simply doesn't cut it for me that's all.
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited October 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    IMHO... listening to CD's is the sonic equivalent to watching paint dry.

    Digital playback minus the laser can be a very enjoyable experience, even for the most harden vinyl lover.
    Jake
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,009
    edited October 2012
    I remember prior to the CD spending endless hours gleefully making compilation cassettes.
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  • asindc
    asindc Posts: 85
    edited October 2012
    Long live the CD! Oh wait...
    Two-Channel System:

    ANALOG AUDIO CHAIN:
    Turntable/Cartridge: CLEARAUDIO Innovation Wood/Kuzma 4Point/Ortofon A95...
    Phono Pre: ASR Basis Exclusive HV——————>

    DIGITAL AUDIO CHAIN:
    Server: ANTIPODES CX (Oladra Upgrade)...
    DAC: CARY DMS-600—————————-———->
    Disc Player: CARY CD 306 SACD PRO—————>

    Pre-Amp: ====> Cary SLP-05 (Ultimate Upgrade Edition)

    Amplifiers: Clayton M-300 monoblocks
    ~~~

    Loudspeakers: MARTIN LOGAN SPIRES/Rel 212SX x2
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  • classic carl
    classic carl Posts: 648
    edited October 2012
    rpf65 wrote: »
    Remeber when they 1st came out. The biggest discussions where why spend 3 times more for the cd, than a vynal album or cassette.

    ...and now new vinyl is 2 or 3 times the cost of a CD.
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