Do you consider yourself an audiophile?
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ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
I see they make directional cables
They keep forgetting to add "bi-" before "directional", the scamps!
danski
"vibey"
I honestly don't know how I'd react if someone told me that in person.I see they make directional cables
I hope it never happens or they might see that despite directionality, those cable can still tie a mighty fine noose.
I see they make directional cables
If you put them in the wrong way around does the music play backwards?
savoloysam
Pigman's pigman's ha ha charade you are..
I see they make directional cables
Like I said I doubt they make a difference.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
A Maplins shop assistant/salesman once tried to flannel me about directionality, claiming you needed to check the resistivity of a length of speaker cable, & have the "path of least resistance" directed from amp to speaker. I walked out of the shop. Couldn't be bothered to tell him that a length of cable would have the same resistance in both directions!
danski
"vibey"
A broken limb would’ve sufficed.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
never noticed any direction on their tour stuff, but I guess this is for the hifi specialist market.I see they make directional cables
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
None of the VDC cable we used on installs was sold as directional either. They've obviously realised there are suckers to fleece.
I must have installed several hundred km of this...(trade price is not as shown on the webstore).
eta: "sold as" because directional cable is stupid.
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wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
trade price never is on the webstoreNone of the VDC cable we used on installs was directional either. They've obviously realised there are suckers to fleece.
I must have installed several hundred km of this...(trade price is not as shown on the webstore).
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
nogojones
spelling is overrated
If they had one for donk I'd be tempted to invest
I would go technics for second hand cd players, as they are pretty robust. I've never noticed difference in sound quality between any of them tbh so I just go on robustness. I've never seen one without a DAC... I guess they exist but are probably a crazy audiophile thing so way more than £100.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Your local charity shop would be my suggestion, but you can pick up any number of them on ebay for less than 50 quid. They're cheap as chips because nobody uses them anymore, and they all sound pretty much exactly the same, so spending silly money on one is silly.
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I'm not sure about them all sounding the same either, even though in my experience I haven't been able to tell the difference... It would makes sense that they would all sound the same if it was an all-digital device, but because most of them have an internal DAC (and so are doing a conversion and outputting an analogue signal) then surely that must be a variable? That's not audiophile bullshit, it will definitely vary.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Imperceptible differences, although audiophools will say otherwise.
iamwithnail
Well-Known Member
You should be able to pick up a marantz cd player for about that, that'd be my go to. Alternatively get one of the old Denon mini units, I got one of those off eBay for about £50 to use as an amp and it's great.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I think this thread has gone a little bit off-topic 
I bet if you fed audio through a DAC, then fed that signal through an ADC, and then did that a few times, eventually the audio would be degraded... like when you convert an image to a jpeg a few times. anyway that is irrelevant for most uses though.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
i have a marantz, CC 4001 but i don't think that matters, they have a good reputation and mine's years old with no hiccups.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
If you sprinkle my Magic Audio Staging Depth Dust Improver ™ on the case then it will, only £599 for 5cc of it.
badly soI think this thread has gone a little bit off-topic
klang
klang
hold your horses, let's see what CD player moody will get.I think this thread has gone a little bit off-topic
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Anything. Unless a CD player is one of the very early ones, or broken, they all sound the same. Only difference might be better made ones having less physical transport noise, which would only really be an issue when listening at low volumes/music with a large dynamic range like classical.
BigTom
Well-Known Member
Exactly this.
Everyone knows it's the CDs themselves, and how you treat them, that makes the sound difference, not the CD player itself.
Make sure you get yourself something like Auric Illuminator gel Auric Illuminator for Optical Discs- Improves Playback Quality
($50 for 200 treatments)
or perhaps you are a more discerning audiophile and prefer to use the Essence of Music Treatment: Essence of Music - Two Step CD & Blu-ray Cleaner and Treatment
($125 for each bottle, can't work out if you need both or if they are marketed for different purposes somehow, doesn't say how many treatments it gives you)
