NealW
03-11-2002, 06:47 AM
i've just had a wonderful upgrade to my CD player (a rotel 975) it included a better clock and seperate power supply for the clock (also some caps and part of the dac was replaced) and it is a wow wee improvement. previously my vinyl was streets ahead of the CD player well now i'm starting to understand why steve hoffman and others say that CD can compete.
i did a lot of A/B ing of vinyl and CD and there wasn't much in it the only difference on wish you were here (master sound gold disk) and an american pressing was maybe some extra weight to the notes on vinyl. same for david bowie station to station. of course all this extra detail also means that the shrill sound of too much treble on CD mastering is also more apparent and i now find that i am listening to CD's at a lower volume.
has anyone else had this upgrade??
for anyone who wants to upgrade without spending mega bucks on a new CD player i highly recommend it.
i did a lot of A/B ing of vinyl and CD and there wasn't much in it the only difference on wish you were here (master sound gold disk) and an american pressing was maybe some extra weight to the notes on vinyl. same for david bowie station to station. of course all this extra detail also means that the shrill sound of too much treble on CD mastering is also more apparent and i now find that i am listening to CD's at a lower volume.
has anyone else had this upgrade??
for anyone who wants to upgrade without spending mega bucks on a new CD player i highly recommend it.