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Re: Auditioned CD Player in my HT last night
jakeman #165664 04/20/07 05:38 PM
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Thanks for the insight Jakeman. I stopped in a high end store this morning and they suggested going the better quality CD player root as well, either the Rotel 1072 or the Rega Planet. They will allow me to audition either in my home system which is the nice thing about dealing with these type of stores. Plus they know their stuff. The Rega is a few hundred dollars more but I've heard such great stuff about it I think I'll have to give it a try. They're suggestion is to hook up the player via analog and let the Rega's DAC to the D/A conversion. I'm anxious to see how it does.

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Saturn #165665 04/20/07 05:53 PM
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Havent changed much in the last 1.5 years. The only thing I've been running is early morning shift diaper changes. click on the HT setup as my current gear.






I've said asked before, but it seems I need to ask again....don't any of you Axiom peeps have ugly children? I know ugly children exist. I see them all the time. Yet every time a forum member posts a picture of their child it's adorable! Are these pictures really your children, or are you all posting pictures of model kids?

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spiffnme #165666 04/20/07 06:00 PM
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I've got a handful of less-than-glamorous pictures of my kids I could post...



And, no, I'm not referring to bathtub pictures.

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pmbuko #165667 04/20/07 07:10 PM
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I'm sure I could find one of Elliott doing scrunchy face, but he's still cute. Give him a few years. Junior high will not be kind, I'm sure.


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korkster #165668 04/20/07 10:31 PM
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I haven't heard the Rega but it does come highly regarded. Any chance you could do a home side-by side with the Rotel 1072? If your dealer really wants the sale he will give you both at the same time to play with.


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chesseroo #165669 04/21/07 08:46 PM
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So, In my wondering I began reading up on stand alone CD players. Of course forums are forums where most people say you can't hear the difference with a blind a/b comparison, and I now know that they have NEVER heard a "good" CD player.



I was going to berate this incredibly ignorant post and its generalization about the rest of "everyone else out there" let alone the complete lack of any attempt at objectivity before pronouncing on the rest of the world.

However Saturn posted a cute picture and Peter made a funny and now i'm just laughing (20% at the joke, 40% at the cute kid and 40% at the ridiculous content of this thread).
Glad to see you back Saturn. I have yet to drop in on you in TO. I haven't been there in awhile.




Holy Crap! I post my thoughts and opinions on what I have read on various forums and my initial impressions on using a CD player versus a universal DVD player. I go on the road for four days and come back to see all these anal remarks and negativity, disgusted is the lite version of how I feel. This hobby along with music is my passion and for many others as here as well, I don't claim to be an expert in audio but get great fun and enjoyment from my gear and music combined and enjoyed reading others experiences and learning(sometimes) from others so it was natural for me to want to share my enthusiasim and opinions as well.

All forums dealing with CD player issues have the same negative nellies slamming anyone who claims to have heard a difference between the two, the same goes for the "all amps and pre/pros sound the same" crowd, if you look, its everywhere and for that matter it took about two whole seconds for JohnS to state that "its all fantasy" or some such ridiculous remark and you call me ignorant!!

You nasty vindictive folks need to get a life and let people who enjoy this hobby do so without your calous remarks, if thats how you behave in person, I'm not surprised you have to resort to forums to unleash your venom filled comments.

Get a life!


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Re: Auditioned CD Player in my HT last night
KlipschGuy #165670 04/21/07 09:10 PM
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Chris,

First of all, you have not been around long enough to know some of these people and their backgrounds. Secondly, it is JohnK not JohnS. Thirdly, I don't see any of them calling you names like anal, negative, nasty, vindictive, calous, venom, etc. Maybe it is time for you to change jobs or whatever, seems your a little defensive for whatever reason. Not sure they are the ones that need to grow up. jmfo


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SirQuack #165671 04/22/07 01:18 AM
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Previous post deleted. I read back through the thread and Chris I would have to say that a reasonable person WOULD conclude that you called us ignorant and ill-informed. You could have been talking about some other forum of course. That's how I interpreted it, and I suggest everyone else interpret it the same way

Could we all agree to the following :

1. If two players have two completely different analog paths, ie if they are not simply feeding digital streams to the same dacs in each case, there is a good chance that one player could sound considerably better than another.

2. If the players ARE hooked up via digital PCM and are feeding unprocessed digital streams into the same DACs in each case, it seems unlikely that different players could have a huge difference in sound quality. I keep hearing the jitter story but I don't fully buy into it.

3. If you have a decent player hooked up via PCM to a decent receiver, and replace it with a really good player hooked up via analog inputs to the same receiver, it is quite feasible that the new player could sound a lot better.

KlipschGuy, if you read back through the previous posts I don't *think* you will find anyone making a blanket statement that all players sound alike. You will, however, probably find a similar sounding statement but with the qualifier about analog vs. digital paths.

I'm on dial-up (you all know how fast) and I really can't bear to go back and read the thread AGAIN. Can you guys with the fast ISPs work it out ?

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Re: Auditioned CD Player in my HT last night
bridgman #165672 04/22/07 04:50 AM
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Dun dun dun...

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Re: Auditioned CD Player in my HT last night
danmagicman7 #165673 04/22/07 05:02 AM
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Hey, I know that one...

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