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A bargain methinks - I had some similar (two less drivers) Rogers 6s with some Quad stuff 20 years ago, very smooth sounding and capable.
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They certainly fit the man cave brief!
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They certainly fit the man cave brief!
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kaiser":hh19gtlv said:
pretty decent for that price!
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Sounds fun - I had some ultra rare pre Audiolab speakers that had a similar problem - new x-overs and they were fixed.
From a lot of what I've read, and a little of what I've done myself, aside from initial lack of understanding of the digital format by mastering studios (though I do own some stunning CDs from the early day so they're not all bad!), CD players had bad press due to them being built by companies more used to analogue circuitry not understanding the important bits (no pun) of digital design techniques. Specifically design of low jitter, low phase noise clocks. Poor clock leads to poor sound quality it seems.
I've heard some pretty appalling sounding expensive CD players, and as someone else alluded to, some pretty cheap, older players can be made to sound pretty f'king spectacular! So spectacular as to cause my jaw to drop.
If you start with a standard 44.1khz digital copy, whatever the carrier is, it doesn't matter. As long as you are able to retrieve that data without error (well designed clock / transport), and your DAC is sufficiently accurate (well designed clock / sufficient resolution), and your analogue segment is sufficiently transparent, then whether your signal comes from an iPod or a CD, the audio quality should be good. Whether it's as good as a decent analogue copy is another subject.
I've heard some pretty appalling sounding expensive CD players, and as someone else alluded to, some pretty cheap, older players can be made to sound pretty f'king spectacular! So spectacular as to cause my jaw to drop.
If you start with a standard 44.1khz digital copy, whatever the carrier is, it doesn't matter. As long as you are able to retrieve that data without error (well designed clock / transport), and your DAC is sufficiently accurate (well designed clock / sufficient resolution), and your analogue segment is sufficiently transparent, then whether your signal comes from an iPod or a CD, the audio quality should be good. Whether it's as good as a decent analogue copy is another subject.
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If memory serves, Stan Curtis was to take his new Cambridge Audio CD player to Vegas but couldnt finish it time and had to put it in two boxes.
The CD transport & DAC was born!
The CD transport & DAC was born!
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