Tell us about your stereo!

[taha]

I've recorded about 30 Lp's to digital, and honestly I think of them to be used as car cd's or background music. On the other hand when I put an album on my Nak I can wear the cassette out. I feel that the loss is much less than the lp to digital taping.
Some day I would like to sit and really master the process of Lp to Digital copying. I feel pretty comfortable at Lp to Cass. Just got a SACD player so I will have to do some A-B tests. That will be fun, but I have to pick up some music in the SACD format. Here again the music industry can't make up it's mind what format to sell as the best.

 

[LG]

^^SACD's are still out there Taha, but for how much longer is anyone's guess.

Jim is right about the analog process to digital though, the bigger the better to capture everything. I have 100's of 16-44 vinyl rips that sound better than my CD copies. I've done so many comparisons it's amazing. And the 24-96 and 24-192's are even better. That is true for the old music we grew up with, newer bands recording on the latest gear sound a lot better on CD than older music does. At least that's been my experience.

What model of SACD player did you get Taha??

 

[taha]

^^SACD's are still out there Taha, but for how much longer is anyone's guess.



What model of SACD player did you get Taha??

Ah, don't laugh, Sony s790, for BR ( and sacd ). I am using the audio outs for the stereo side of things. I still have my main cd player, but like I said, I have to get a few sacd's for fun. Maybe I'll find a few HDCD's and check them out too.

 

[gcczep]

Expensive...

That Akai GXC-750D went for $787.50 plus shipping. There's another one for half the price but it has a big stain on the faceplate.

 

[LG]

Ah, don't laugh, Sony s790, for BR ( and sacd ). I am using the audio outs for the stereo side of things. I still have my main cd player, but like I said, I have to get a few sacd's for fun. Maybe I'll find a few HDCD's and check them out too.

I wouldn't laugh...I just bought a Sony BR player two weeks ago and it plays SACD's as well. I'm not a big fan of theirs' generally but in this case compared to all the other players under $200 theirs' was hands down the best all round.

George...as much as I like vintage gear that is way too much for any cassette deck unless you are a die hard collector. If I was going to spend that much I would go all out and get a Dragon, at that level a couple hundred more wouldn't faze me.

Sorry you missed out but there'll be other affordable deals that go your way.

 

[gguerra]

Speaking of Dragons, I found this.

Classic Nakamichi Dragon Professional Cassette Deck Clean Working | eBay

No reserve and currently at $203.. Bound to go up. I read somewhere these had a retail price of $2400 back in 1982

 

[LG]

^^If it's been serviced it will go for over $1000+ GG. Saw one sell for $1200 a few months ago.

 

[mrJim]

Ah, don't laugh, Sony s790, for BR ( and sacd ). I am using the audio outs for the stereo side of things. I still have my main cd player, but like I said, I have to get a few sacd's for fun. Maybe I'll find a few HDCD's and check them out too.

I still have my Pioneer Laser Disc player.

Funny thing is, I was playing a U2 Live show I have on LaserDisc. My son walks says oh looks nice, when did you did you get the US BlueRay.

I laughed, then it took me 45 minutes to explain to him what it was.

I stopped laughing by the time I finished

Jim

 

[mrJim]

Jim is right about the analog process to digital though, the bigger the better to capture everything. I have 100's of 16-44 vinyl rips that sound better than my CD copies. I've done so many comparisons it's amazing. And the 24-96 and 24-192's are even better. That is true for the old music we grew up with, newer bands recording on the latest gear sound a lot better on CD than older music does. At least that's been my experience.

The reason I haven't done anything yet on the high rates to Disc (DVD/BlueRay) is that making that jump requires more time. The first thing you need is software that can cut DVD and BlueRay audio and it has to cut them from the higher quality formats like WAV. If it cuts them from MP3 and not the high end stuff, that's an immediate red BS flag.

Lord what I have seen is that the disc media can also make a difference as well. I have gotten better reproduction results from High-end TDK then some Memorex I had.

Jim

 

[LG]

I still have my Pioneer Laser Disc player.

Funny thing is, I was playing a U2 Live show I have on LaserDisc. My son walks says oh looks nice, when did you did you get the US BlueRay.

I laughed, then it took me 45 minutes to explain to him what it was.

I stopped laughing by the time I finished

Jim

I owned a Pioneer Laser Disc Player...it was marvelous at the time and I LOVED the LP sized discs we got too. They were full of bonuses, and I even figured out the difference between CLV's and CAV's.

I'm not sure I've seen any Laser Disc players for sale on any of my sites come to think of it.

Indeed you have to have everything including the right software to do a proper Hi-Res rip. I do have all that on my other PC now, the software that came with my sound card has all the codecs/tools I need.

I've also noticed some discs are better than others, Memorex have given me more coasters than any other major brand. I tend to avoid them now and stick with Maxell.