jazzbo

By the way I was referring to info transferred from transport/PC to DAC, where it really is not an audio signal in the sense of an analog signal. This difference in cabling and material and how that influences both a digital and analog signal is at the heart of the matter of why I prefer disc playback in my system. The two different playback systems sound different, and I prefer the one over the other and decided to not go in the computer/file or streaming direction. In the case of my system Redbook and SACD are not that divergent, the DAC accepts (licensed) raw DSD from the transport and converts Redbook input to DSD64 before conversion.

I'll disagree still. Yes, an audio signal (but what do you think an audio signal is?) and subject to the influence of metal type and crystal structure etc. or in the case of optical light over fiber, and these material and cabling geometry DO influence the sound.

Well I'm very different. I don't need to be piping music all over my house. I don't need to have everything at my fingertips or command, I don't need to be hip and trendy. And no living in the present is not living in the past, sorry, don't buy the hype. Sure, if I were younger I would be approaching things differently. That's an if that has no relevance to me, I'm not younger, don't want to be younger. I was trying to answer a few questions here and explain a bit how playback actually works as there are some errors here. And I listen to music through equipment, I spent time and money when I had the latter to set up a really nice system and I spend/spent far more on music and instruments, and value accuracy and expressiveness in playback. I get why others don't, can't, and have other needs and ideas about playback etc. I'm out of the discussion of this so have a nice day.

Um, "in time" what will? I live in the present. I have in excess of 30,000 discs. I am blessed with a system that amazes me every day, and amazing music to listen to. I don't need to make any changes. Again, whatever way one is happy to listen is fine with me--I'm in it for the music as fully listenable as I can get and respect love of music no matter what format or even genre. Back to the CDR thang. At first I was annoyed getting a few Chronogical Classics in CDR form but then I realized I was happy to have the releases.

My equipment uses a different pin-out on the HDMI and passes a signal in a different format (I2S)--the routing and signal are different even if both were sent via HDMI cable. My DAC will not decode a signal sent from a PC via HDMI.

Javon Jackson “Expression” Smoke Sessions cd Pianist Orrin Evans makes this one for me. 806×726 101 KB Orrin Javon

I disagree a bit. At a certain point bits aren't just bits but electrical pulses traveling along metal or glass or fibre media. If the files were burned to cdr and played back in the same chain as the cd probably no discernible sound difference. But if played back from a computer etc. they would not necessarily at all be identical. Even a cable difference (in my system it would be an HDMI carrying I2S data compared to a USB from the computer) can cause a sonic difference in certain systems. If you can't hear that in a system, okay, but I have heard differences.

Red Norvo “1933-1936” Chronogical Classics cd

Um yes, I'm very aware. I have about 500 of them. DSD is the medium which I prefer to PCM hi-res. My SACD transport will send raw DSD to my DAC and also my DAC changes Redbook to DSD before analog conversion (via transformer). As for CDRs they don't upset me. I don't seek them out, but if I get one I just shrug. (I'll add that many Chronogical Classics sold by amazon are CDR, but are generally marked as such). I've been dealing with CDRs for about 35 years or so I think. I've had a few go bad, most of those had labels adhered to the top, and others were from one particular brand (Kodak) that I thought was good but wasn't.

I'm not saying anything is special about discs, cd or otherwise, but not everything is "bit perfect" in some systems, and means of playback differ and one can perceive one as better in differing degrees. I have an SACD transport (yes, I think SACD is the best digital I've heard, higher res than Redbook), a turntable, a phono preamp and a DAC that sounds better to me than a PC playing back files or a streamer in my system and I don't use those as a result. Enjoy what you enjoy! If they sounded better to me and I didn't have to buy more equipment to make them sound better I'd invest more time and money. But I'm not going to.

Got the latest batch of 85th Anniversary UHQCD from Japan in last night. This is the third one I'm spinning. Wayne Shorter "Schizophrenia" Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD

Playing cds and LPs sounds considerably better to me on my system than playing back non-physical media. I've spent more on and have more quality components for physical media so that's fortunate. The source file CAN Be the same if all pathways/conversion is correct. The playback can be different. In my system the playback of physical media is better sounding to me due to component and cabling quality etc. To each their own. I have no desire to invest more money to make "files" sound improved.

I disagree that the sound is always the same from a cd or a digital file, that all depends on so much. I'm happy for anyone who loves the files played from a computer etc. In my system I've tried both and I have a lot more money in playing cds and LPs from the disc and the sound shows that. And I'm done spending money on these sort of sources--and very happy with the sound I have. For me it's less about handling the physical object as the way things play and sound.

+1. No ripping and file use for me.

Three more volumes of the Horace Tapscott UCC concerts are now shipping according to Nimbus West. Sets from March, April and September 1979.

Jackie McLean “Bluesnik” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary cd

Red Norvo Orchestra “Live from the Blue Gardens” Music Masters cd Followed by Jackie McLean “Destination Out” Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversary UHQCD

Jerry Garcia Band “Cats Under the Stars” Arista LP

Sure took a long time to get cool last night. But it’s nice right now. Keith Jarrett “Concerts” ECM LP 2

Yes it was. Also on Japanese cd I think more than once, not sure, but at least once.

Another Hutcherson. Bobby Hutcherson “Knucklebean” Blue Note Japan cd This one won’t be on the upcoming Mosaic set.

Probably my favorite vibraphonist, and I love the albums he did with Joe Chambers on the drum kit. Here half the compositions are by Bobby and half by Joe. Bobby Hutcherson “Components” Blue Note Japan UHQCD

This is a great one by Joyce’s daughter, taking samba and bossa and modernizing the sound; a reimagining of “Samba Esquema Novo,” the seminal debut album release by Jorge Ben (1963). 720×420 74.2 KB The “source” LP

Returning to revisiting this set. I love the sound. 600×721 66.3 KB “The complete Capitol Recordings of Stan Kenton 1943 - 1947” disc III

“Getz a Go Go” Verve Originals cd 600×601 68.8 KB 930×618 45.2 KB