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In Reply to: RE: Red Book Riddle Solved posted by J. Phelan on July 14, 2009 at 13:04:24:
"The main point is that CD's specs are high resolution and CD sound has been improving *rapidly* since the early 1990's."
I could not disagree more..... I think there are a lot more awful recordings than ever (loudness wars, MP3-quality masters, substandard A/D), and I think aside from the new MP technology, the playback has also gotten a lot worse.![]()
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Red Book Riddle Solved - J. Phelan 00:06:39 07/14/09 (109)
- RE: Red Book Riddle Solved - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 09:40:47 07/15/09 (0)
- Understand the big picture and everything is clear - Adriel 21:09:14 07/14/09 (1)
- RE: Understand the big picture and everything is clear - Tony Lauck 14:19:40 07/15/09 (0)
- Not Really........... - Todd Krieger 16:31:03 07/14/09 (55)
- RE: Not Really........... - Werner 23:09:14 07/14/09 (3)
- RE: Not Really........... - Tony Lauck 14:15:10 07/15/09 (0)
- I Stand Corrected........ - Todd Krieger 00:40:36 07/15/09 (1)
- A very simple example of noise shaping - Tony Lauck 14:54:57 07/17/09 (0)
- +1, agree with most you said, Thks....................NT - PS Yeo 18:48:57 07/14/09 (0)
- RE: Not Really........... - J. Phelan 17:47:09 07/14/09 (49)
- 20-bit processing - ephemere 19:30:52 07/14/09 (48)
- digital photo analogy - mls-stl 20:40:49 07/14/09 (11)
- RE: digital photo analogy - J. Phelan 20:56:55 07/14/09 (10)
- recording fads and fashions - mls-stl 06:43:37 07/15/09 (9)
- RE: recording fads and fashions - J. Phelan 10:09:50 07/15/09 (8)
- I'm open to all kinds of music - mls-stl 12:48:55 07/15/09 (7)
- RE: I'm open to all kinds of music - J. Phelan 17:43:16 07/15/09 (6)
- an example - mls-stl 20:43:41 07/15/09 (5)
- RE: an example - J. Phelan 21:31:35 07/15/09 (4)
- Unfortunately... - mls-stl 05:48:00 07/16/09 (3)
- RE: Unfortunately... - J. Phelan 08:22:44 07/16/09 (2)
- RE: Unfortunately... - mls-stl 20:23:39 07/16/09 (1)
- RE: Unfortunately... - J. Phelan 21:02:55 07/16/09 (0)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Todd Krieger 19:47:20 07/14/09 (34)
- RE: 20-bit processing - ephemere 21:25:22 07/14/09 (33)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Todd Krieger 23:06:49 07/14/09 (32)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 01:03:22 07/15/09 (31)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Todd Krieger 01:14:16 07/15/09 (30)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 01:37:18 07/15/09 (29)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Todd Krieger 11:38:27 07/15/09 (28)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 17:45:07 07/15/09 (27)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Todd Krieger 23:56:02 07/15/09 (26)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 00:56:26 07/16/09 (25)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Todd Krieger 18:39:20 07/16/09 (0)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Tony Lauck 10:10:05 07/16/09 (23)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 12:39:52 07/16/09 (22)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Tony Lauck 13:51:03 07/16/09 (21)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 15:31:50 07/16/09 (20)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Todd Krieger 18:55:11 07/16/09 (1)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 19:09:31 07/16/09 (0)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Tony Lauck 17:48:57 07/16/09 (17)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Werner 01:21:17 07/17/09 (1)
- Why 32 bit converters - Tony Lauck 08:31:03 07/17/09 (0)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 18:02:57 07/16/09 (14)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Todd Krieger 19:18:11 07/16/09 (0)
- RE: 20-bit processing - DaveK 18:27:01 07/16/09 (12)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 19:05:48 07/16/09 (6)
- RE: 20-bit processing - DaveK 20:39:33 07/16/09 (5)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 21:11:17 07/16/09 (4)
- RE: 20-bit processing - DaveK 21:39:57 07/16/09 (3)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 22:20:39 07/16/09 (2)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Tony Lauck 19:55:26 07/17/09 (1)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 20:17:18 07/17/09 (0)
- RE: 20-bit processing - Tony Lauck 18:47:12 07/16/09 (4)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 19:12:41 07/16/09 (3)
- Many others ? - Metralla 04:26:22 07/17/09 (2)
- RE: Many others ? - J. Phelan 05:45:14 07/17/09 (1)
- RE: Many others ? - Tony Lauck 20:49:38 07/17/09 (0)
- RE: 20-bit processing - J. Phelan 19:34:08 07/14/09 (0)
- Very interesting post. - DSG 10:44:06 07/14/09 (0)
- "Some audio writers are struggling to hear a difference between the Meridian 808.2 CD player and true Hi-Rez" - Metralla 07:38:39 07/14/09 (17)
- a matter of expectations ... - TBone 16:44:02 07/14/09 (16)
- RE: a matter of expectations ... - J. Phelan 17:29:54 07/14/09 (15)
- "*no way* that SACD sounds better than a (new) minimum-phase filtering CD device - esp. the Meridian 808.2" - Metralla 21:13:05 07/14/09 (2)
- RE: "*no way* that SACD sounds better than a (new) minimum-phase filtering CD device - esp. the Meridian 808.2" - J. Phelan 21:42:27 07/14/09 (1)
- RE: "*no way* that SACD sounds better than a (new) minimum-phase filtering CD device - esp. the Meridian 808.2" - David Pritchard 09:58:49 07/17/09 (0)
- well ... I've heard this all before ... - TBone 17:38:25 07/14/09 (11)
- RE: well ... I've heard this all before ... - J. Phelan 17:52:36 07/14/09 (10)
- I did read the review ... and ... - TBone 18:23:29 07/14/09 (9)
- Need to compare against an Ayre w/ the MP Upgrade - BobM 07:51:13 07/16/09 (1)
- RE: Need to compare against an Ayre w/ the MP Upgrade - RLF 17:57:38 07/16/09 (0)
- RE: I did read the review ... and ... - J. Phelan 18:32:35 07/14/09 (6)
- good point ... but - TBone 21:35:35 07/14/09 (5)
- RE: good point ... but - J. Phelan 22:00:46 07/14/09 (4)
- RE: good point ... but - TBone 22:19:18 07/14/09 (3)
- RE: good point ... but - J. Phelan 22:37:04 07/14/09 (2)
- in the grand scheme of digital, the problems remain ... - TBone 20:13:31 07/16/09 (1)
- RE: in the grand scheme of digital, the problems remain ... - J. Phelan 20:37:53 07/16/09 (0)
- RE: Red Book Riddle Solved - coolhand 06:45:02 07/14/09 (30)
- RE: Red Book Riddle Solved - J. Phelan 13:04:24 07/14/09 (29)
- RE: Red Book Riddle Solved - Todd Krieger 07/14/0915:46:14 07/14/09 (0)
- NOT - Tony Lauck 14:33:02 07/14/09 (23)
- RE: NOT - J. Phelan 18:01:53 07/14/09 (22)
- RE: NOT - Tony Lauck 18:51:59 07/14/09 (21)
- RE: NOT - J. Phelan 19:57:13 07/14/09 (20)
- RE: NOT - Tony Lauck 20:15:02 07/14/09 (1)
- RE: NOT - J. Phelan 20:20:22 07/14/09 (0)
- Who else is making minimum-phase filtering devices, besides Meridian? * - gme109 20:00:51 07/14/09 (17)
- RE: Who else is making minimum-phase filtering devices, besides Meridian? * - J. Phelan 21:02:41 07/14/09 (16)
- Where did you come up with that list??? - Charles Hansen 23:18:49 07/14/09 (12)
- RE: Where did you come up with that list??? - J. Phelan 23:50:12 07/14/09 (11)
- I think you need some new glasses. - Charles Hansen 00:14:10 07/16/09 (9)
- RE: I think you need some new glasses. - J. Phelan 00:47:34 07/16/09 (8)
- Not even close - Charles Hansen 19:09:07 07/16/09 (4)
- well ... - TBone 20:55:36 07/16/09 (1)
- This is probably the best explanation - Charles Hansen 19:47:10 07/17/09 (0)
- RE: Not even close - J. Phelan 19:35:33 07/16/09 (1)
- Spectral has never made any misleading claims - Charles Hansen 19:57:04 07/17/09 (0)
- RE: I think you need some new glasses. - Werner 10:50:41 07/16/09 (2)
- RE: I think you need some new glasses. - DaveK 18:58:23 07/16/09 (1)
- Not a lot of debate, actually - Charles Hansen 19:20:27 07/16/09 (0)
- RE: Where did you come up with that list??? - Tony Lauck 09:32:21 07/15/09 (0)
- Thanks - gme109 21:29:43 07/14/09 (2)
- RE: Thanks - J. Phelan 21:52:01 07/14/09 (1)
- RE: Thanks - gme109 21:57:03 07/14/09 (0)
- Re: "...this forum does not allow editing." ... - Neil49 14:17:05 07/14/09 (3)
- RE: Re: "...this forum does not allow editing." ... - J. Phelan 18:48:07 07/14/09 (2)
- RE: Re: "...this forum does not allow editing." ... - Tony Lauck 14:29:10 07/15/09 (0)
- RE: Re: "...this forum does not allow editing." ... - Neil49 18:58:52 07/14/09 (0)
Follow Ups
- RE: Red Book Riddle Solved - Todd Krieger 07/14/0915:46:14 07/14/09 (0)