haraldo;272102 Wrote: > Sometimes i feel the discussion about CD vs Vinyl ends up into the > trenches and sometimes it's not always that nice =:-O? > > Up until recently I believed that vinyl would be more about music, CD > is more sterile, there's something artificial there... > > Until sometines Last summer when I went to the upper end high end room > at Oslo Hi-Fi center in Oslo, Norway. > > Listening to Pink Floyd, the wall, Digitized from winyl, utilizing only > the very best there is, un to a standard CD, reed bok 44.1/16 bit. > > The rig I listened to was a new wadia CD player, directly connected to > Adyton power amp + speakers. The main thing about this rig is that > there supposedly are absolutely no active or passive filters anywhere > in the signal chain and that the whole system is absolutely linear > (source to speakers) from 10Hz to 100KHz > > Is there anything to this.... Oh my dear, I listen to a standard > redbook CD and I would swear that this must be a completely different > mastering. It's just impossible to imagine that this is the same > version of The wall That we are regularly listening to from CD's or > LP's. The impact and dynamics are so imminent and just there that's > it's just plain scary. If there was a window in the room I beet that I > would have jumped out. Roger Water's voice was real and "just there" I > could swear that no electronics where around anywhere.... This is like > listening in the studio with no electronics!!! > > To me: It's impossoblie to describe and impossible to imagine that > anything could provide anytning better than this. > The silence is silent as so silent it'cant be more silent...... > There's so much warmht in the music, sterile sound from CD. NO > WAY!!!!! > > This would probably be better dirctly from Vinyl, although, that's > impossile to imagine.... Well, CD is not sterile, CD is sterile because > of poor implementations... > > Just to get things right, you could buy a large exspensive SUV for the > same amount as the cost of this rig.... and the SUV's are about 3 times > as expensive in Norway, compared to the US :-O (or any other civilized > country except from Denmark) > > Cheers > > -H
Well, If you are around Rotterdam some day, you are very welcome to listen to the wall in my analogue setup, just have to warn you, I have very large windows and im on a 4th floor... Im sure no Wadia comes close.... -- GuyDebord Reference3A RoyalMaster monitors biwired with van den Hul Inspiration, REL Strata5. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon & Lyra Helikon SL, ASR MiniBasis SQ preamp, link: WireWorld SilverEclipse 5.2. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter, link: AcousticZen Silver Reference2 XLRs. POWER: Isotek MiniSub GII, Isotek Elite cables (MiniSub, Rel), Siltech SPX30 MKII (Transporter), van den Hul Mainstream (Pathos) & van den Hul Mainserver (ASR). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43045
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