Peter_Klim
Well-known member
Thanks!!!
Thanks for all the replies everyone!!!
You guys got me thinking (after seeing so many replies with suggestions of pretty expensive CDP); at what point are there diminishing returns in sound quality? At the same time, I could also ask at what point do CDP start to sound different -the way I would like them to sound (mellow with rolled off highs)?
To me, every speaker EASILY sounds different (even with extreemly low end electronics). But switching from my inexpensive $250 1988 Onkyo receiver to a current model tube int amp, I barely hear a difference (even when hooked up to the ReQuests). I experienced the same thing at a store when switching from an low end NAD int to tube Rogue seperates (with a high end CDP and spks). Maybe it's because I only do low level listening?
So while some say that (any thing but speakers) "usually" the higher in price you go, the returns diminish, I sometimes think it may be the opposite in that you need to spend more to get a difference in sound. It's like all cheap receiver, amps and CDP and spk wires sound the same, but its only when you start to spend a whole lot of money do you start to hear a difference.
Sometimes I feel like just saving my money for CDs and just get another cheap CDP (for my 2CH; I'm sharing the DVD player with both the 2ch and HT).
Thanks for all the replies everyone!!!
You guys got me thinking (after seeing so many replies with suggestions of pretty expensive CDP); at what point are there diminishing returns in sound quality? At the same time, I could also ask at what point do CDP start to sound different -the way I would like them to sound (mellow with rolled off highs)?
To me, every speaker EASILY sounds different (even with extreemly low end electronics). But switching from my inexpensive $250 1988 Onkyo receiver to a current model tube int amp, I barely hear a difference (even when hooked up to the ReQuests). I experienced the same thing at a store when switching from an low end NAD int to tube Rogue seperates (with a high end CDP and spks). Maybe it's because I only do low level listening?
So while some say that (any thing but speakers) "usually" the higher in price you go, the returns diminish, I sometimes think it may be the opposite in that you need to spend more to get a difference in sound. It's like all cheap receiver, amps and CDP and spk wires sound the same, but its only when you start to spend a whole lot of money do you start to hear a difference.
Sometimes I feel like just saving my money for CDs and just get another cheap CDP (for my 2CH; I'm sharing the DVD player with both the 2ch and HT).