"Rich Andrews" wrote in message
news:FR_rb.166129$HS4.1358702@attbi_s01...
Time seems to help with almost all emerging technologies. The CD is
now
20+ years old and it has taken nearly that long for them to sound
really
good. The sad part is that not all sound as good as they should.

r

I have read statements such as this many times over the years. I agree
some cd's sound terrible but, don't you think it may be more to the
engineering of the recording session than the cd? Every cd I own
produces crystal clear music. But some do sound a little flat or 2d. I
put my TT away along with several boxes of records over 10 years ago
because cd's sounded so much better and had great depth to the music.
A friend of mine still runs both and has a small fortune tied up in his
TT. Both run through the same preamp and amp and speakers. I'll take the
cdp any day. The LP's sound flat in comparison.
When I listen to some older cd's I realize just how good my system is
even though it's pretty mundane by today's standards. Today's equipment
lets us hear so much more than what we were hearing 10 years ago.
I have a Travis Tritt cd Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof that sounds
terrible no matter whose system I play it on. It's sound crappy since
the day I bought. Consequently it sits in the rack as it has done for
the last 9 years. I don't believe it's due to the cd but to the
recording and mastering engineers. I have no idea what they were
thinking or using at the time.
Since my upgrade I very seldom listen to any of the over 300 cd's I have
since I can hear the differences in them. They don't sound as good as
they once did. Only thing that changed was the equipment.

John

Rega Planet 2000 CDP
Acurus RL-11 Preamp
McCormack DNA-125 Amplifier
Revel M20 Monitors

Not very high end by $$$ but everything works. The weak link would be
the preamp. I haven't changed it out with any other to hear if it is
though. It did amazing things for my Adcom GFA-555 II amp a few years
ago. Honestly I can't say anything bad about this selection as the music
is deep and detailed. I would love to have full range speakers but,
these little M20's are really amazing. My listening room is very small
14' x 16' so I have to keep size in perspective.