In Reply to: well ... posted by TBone on September 4, 2012 at 14:17:25:
I just don't enjoy music from CDs, and 16/44.1kHz PCM, to me it sounds offensive and unlistenable, whither from a $500 player or a $15,000 player. I refuse to listen to low resolution PCM, and many others do as well.
Here are a couple of quotes:
"To me DSD sounds, what I call, "ear friendly", you know the slight pain you get in the ear when listening to the harsh or glaring sound from some digital. With DSD you get none of this and can hear around the individual instruments, not just the front."
Tom Jung, DMP (Digital Music Products)
"I've now been over a year with SACD, and have experienced the following: After many years absent, I now sit again in my living room just to listen to music (!) as opposed to listening only in the car or ipod in the plane. I refuse CD's - I don't buy them - I don't play them anymore, I find the sound irritating..."
Michelten
There are many more in the links below.
I will never cave in to listening to or saying that CD OK is to be politically correct because it is NOT! If you can enjoy CD that is fine by me, but don't push your low resolution religion on others!
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Follow Ups
- I like LPs, Reel to Reel tapes, SACD, DVD-Audios and high resolution downloads. - Teresa 09/4/1215:11:18 09/4/12 (34)
- RE: I like LPs, Reel to Reel tapes, SACD, DVD-Audios and high resolution downloads. - perceptiveengineering 21:28:59 09/6/12 (3)
- And here is the answers you are looking for. - Teresa 23:43:35 09/6/12 (2)
- that's not an "answer" ... - TBone 09:42:24 09/10/12 (1)
- Yes that is the answers, after all it happened to me and I should know. - Teresa 20:44:12 09/10/12 (0)
- RE: I like LPs, Reel to Reel tapes, SACD, DVD-Audios and high resolution downloads. - Inmate51 09:06:36 09/5/12 (3)
- Hearing sensitivity/acuity - Teresa 15:32:38 09/5/12 (2)
- foolin' yourself again ... - TBone 17:05:38 09/10/12 (1)
- As a matter of fact it is you who is fooling himself - Teresa 20:35:14 09/10/12 (0)
- Teresa ... - TBone 15:18:31 09/4/12 (22)
- "Your major lack of inexperience..." - Poles Apart 22:07:30 09/4/12 (1)
- actually ... - TBone 06:08:19 09/8/12 (0)
- Bull! I have heard many of the popular megabuck CD players and I am unimpressed. - Teresa 15:28:26 09/4/12 (19)
- RE: Bull! I have heard many of the popular megabuck CD players and I am unimpressed. - perceptiveengineering 22:27:32 09/6/12 (1)
- Audiophile real time duplicated cassettes. - Teresa 00:30:00 09/7/12 (0)
- RE: Bull! I have heard many of the popular megabuck CD players and I am unimpressed. - Inmate51 10:08:46 09/6/12 (2)
- My personal opinion and experiences differ from yours. - Teresa 16:12:21 09/6/12 (0)
- RE: Bull! I have heard many of the popular megabuck CD players and I am unimpressed. - Tony Lauck 10:53:10 09/6/12 (0)
- c'mon ... - TBone 16:04:52 09/4/12 (13)
- Where is that claim? I've been to several CESs and have reviewed equipment I can't afford. - Teresa 16:23:08 09/4/12 (12)
- Teresa ... - TBone 16:30:16 09/4/12 (11)
- Sorry your theory doesn't hold water... - Teresa 17:26:14 09/4/12 (10)
- your experience with turntables is ALSO vastly limited ... - TBone 07:40:08 09/8/12 (9)
- Not so! - Teresa 21:22:24 09/8/12 (8)
- "I know I am one of the most important reviewers alive.." - navman 13:55:00 09/10/12 (1)
- That quote really defines Teresa's ... - TBone 14:23:56 09/10/12 (0)
- Well, since you can't comprehend the proper meaning of "timbre"? ... - TBone 14:47:50 09/9/12 (5)
- Since you don't understand timbre or tone accuracy I will have to educate you. - Teresa 19:32:58 09/9/12 (4)
- RE: Since you don't understand timbre or tone accuracy I will have to educate you. - Inmate51 10:34:26 09/10/12 (1)
- The most definite I've found yet. - Teresa 19:19:15 09/10/12 (0)
- Pretending doesn't count ... - TBone 08:53:37 09/10/12 (1)
- Then stop pretending already! - Teresa 19:41:56 09/10/12 (0)
- RE: I like LPs, Reel to Reel tapes, SACD, DVD-Audios and high resolution downloads. - Ozzy 15:15:35 09/4/12 (2)
- RE: I like LPs, Reel to Reel tapes, SACD, DVD-Audios and high resolution downloads. - joerosen1 13:42:28 09/7/12 (0)
- Quite simple I want to be able to enjoy music I listen to - Teresa 15:20:01 09/4/12 (0)