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In Reply to: Conditioned Reflex. posted by wgeiger on September 16, 2002 at 11:47:29:
I ran a blind test a couple of years ago between a mid 80's Linn/Ittok/Dynavector 10x4 and a Naim CD2 player. The latter is certainly no slouch in the digital mnarket.
Present were the erstwhile owner of a sound re-enforcement company for clubs, and four people with little or no knowledge of hi-fi - particularly records.
I played 15 CD's and 15 LP's of the same title, switching at random and asked everyone to make notes of any differences they heard. I identified each sample with a number followed by a letter to keep track.
The group all described the bass from the records as cleaner, rounder, smoother, faster, harder, more solid. One said it sounded more like the notes were part of the music. On the CD they sounded like an after thought.
On other aspects of the comparison there was a general consensus in a wide variety of written descriptions that:
It was easier to pick out instruments and differentiate between voices on the record.
Attack and dynamics were greater on the records.
Cymbals sounded closer to the real thing on records.
Female vocals sounded more emotive on record.
My take throughout this two hour listening experience was that the CD's consistently sounded artificial and veiled. And this from a CD player that is certainly one of the most analog sounding out there.
After this comparison I sold the Naim and all my CD's and continued to look for LP's in earnest.
There's no doubt in my mind - or in the minds and ears of the five people who attended that A/B, that CD still has a long way to go to approach the level of realism of vinyl.
CD/LP comparison list supplied on request.
Happy spinning.
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