Comments on: 5 Hi-Fi Listening Room Habits for Healthy Audiophiles http://geekwithfamily.com/2006/09/21/audiophile/5-hi-fi-listening-room-habits-for-healthy-audiophiles/ Home Theater, Anime, Geek Gadgets for the whole family Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:39:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: geek http://geekwithfamily.com/2006/09/21/audiophile/5-hi-fi-listening-room-habits-for-healthy-audiophiles/#comment-1712 geek Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:19:19 +0000 http://geekwithfamily.com/2006/09/21/audiophile/5-hi-fi-listening-room-habits-for-healthy-audiophiles/#comment-1712 I was intrigued by this 6moons article on how commercial CDs can have flaws, and was excited when I heard the difference: http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/eac/eac.html I'm not always comparing apples to apples, though. The big difference between Airtunes and my 47ai playback is the Taddeo Digital Antidote II (which seems to be overcompensating with the room acoustically treated), if I remove that device then the differences may be more subtle or inaudible. Another factor could be jitter, as far as I can tell from magazine article measurements, the Airport Express has lower jitter than the Pioneer. I know CD playback can sound great for a price, I spent 6 months with an Arcam CD33T loaner for a review. I'm simply getting more value out of Airtunes and Apple Lossless playback until I can afford an Arcam or Ayre player. I was intrigued by this 6moons article on how commercial CDs can have flaws, and was excited when I heard the difference: http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/eac/eac.html

I’m not always comparing apples to apples, though. The big difference between Airtunes and my 47ai playback is the Taddeo Digital Antidote II (which seems to be overcompensating with the room acoustically treated), if I remove that device then the differences may be more subtle or inaudible. Another factor could be jitter, as far as I can tell from magazine article measurements, the Airport Express has lower jitter than the Pioneer.

I know CD playback can sound great for a price, I spent 6 months with an Arcam CD33T loaner for a review. I’m simply getting more value out of Airtunes and Apple Lossless playback until I can afford an Arcam or Ayre player.

]]> By: Kyle Gagliardi http://geekwithfamily.com/2006/09/21/audiophile/5-hi-fi-listening-room-habits-for-healthy-audiophiles/#comment-1711 Kyle Gagliardi Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:23:02 +0000 http://geekwithfamily.com/2006/09/21/audiophile/5-hi-fi-listening-room-habits-for-healthy-audiophiles/#comment-1711 Although ripping cds is nice and convenient, nothing will beat the original sound of the cd. You need a new cd player if you think the sound quality is less. Thats a really ridiculous thing to suggest, ripping all your cds? It's a good idea to have backups, but come on, thats just plain misleading to say ripped music sounds better than real cds on proper hi-fi equipment which you seem to have a good handle on. Although ripping cds is nice and convenient, nothing will beat the original sound of the cd. You need a new cd player if you think the sound quality is less. Thats a really ridiculous thing to suggest, ripping all your cds? It’s a good idea to have backups, but come on, thats just plain misleading to say ripped music sounds better than real cds on proper hi-fi equipment which you seem to have a good handle on.

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