CD Quality

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  • 05-05-2005, 12:22 PM
    Dave Lindhorst
    CD Quality
    I have just bought a new CD player (Arcam CD73) and now when listening to CDs I am very critical. I can tell if they sound good or bad about 20 seconds into the song. I am finding that some of the CDs I used to listen to and thought weren't bad now are. The ones I now find to be good are very much better than they were before. As a matter of fact I can't believe how beautiful they sound. It's the bad ones I wish I didn't own now.

    What I want to know is if this is a personal perception or is this a common thing to have happen when finally getting a decent CD player?
  • 05-05-2005, 12:37 PM
    paul_pci
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dave Lindhorst
    I have just bought a new CD player (Arcam CD73) and now when listening to CDs I am very critical. I can tell if they sound good or bad about 20 seconds into the song. I am finding that some of the CDs I used to listen to and thought weren't bad now are. The ones I now find to be good are very much better than they were before. As a matter of fact I can't believe how beautiful they sound. It's the bad ones I wish I didn't own now.

    What I want to know is if this is a personal perception or is this a common thing to have happen when finally getting a decent CD player?

    Yes, it's common. More revealing equipment, be ti players or speakers (usually speakers), will reveal the recording for what it is: crap or astonishing.
  • 05-05-2005, 02:05 PM
    Geoffcin
    Welcome to the higher rez world!
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dave Lindhorst
    I have just bought a new CD player (Arcam CD73) and now when listening to CDs I am very critical. I can tell if they sound good or bad about 20 seconds into the song. I am finding that some of the CDs I used to listen to and thought weren't bad now are. The ones I now find to be good are very much better than they were before. As a matter of fact I can't believe how beautiful they sound. It's the bad ones I wish I didn't own now.

    What I want to know is if this is a personal perception or is this a common thing to have happen when finally getting a decent CD player?
    It's not only common, it's expected. Your CD player will get about 95% of what's on the CD to your ears now. Good or bad it's all there for you to hear. Oh, if you want that last 5% be prepared to shell out a lot more cash.

    Ps.

    Nice CD player!
  • 05-05-2005, 03:26 PM
    vr6ofpain
    get some good headphones and you will be even more impressed and frustrated by the quality of recordings/formats! :)
  • 05-05-2005, 03:36 PM
    hermanv
    New CD player
    One can hope that the CD's that sound awful will be a lttle less so when you get a few more hours on your player. In my expereience the biggest change with most equipment break-in is a reduction in harshness.

    Of course you still can't make silk purses out of sows' ears. But the good news is that if there is some break-in, those good CDs will sound a little beter yet.

    Most equipment seems to enter the end of break-in between 40 and 100 hours of use.

    By the way congratulations on catching the audiophile flu, may it leave a some part of your bank account intact:).