CD Appreciation Thread

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   I generally prefer vinyl over CDs (in general because they just sound much better, although there are also bad productions/pressings on vinyl...), but I buy more of the last one... I too stream music but only to decide if I want to buy the CD or vinyl. I like the tangible objects.

That said, I don't have a list ready, but a CD that always impressed me because of its sound quality is Roger Water's Amused to Death. I haven't measured its dynamics, but anyway I trust my ears more than statistics of whatever software...

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suitkees Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 19 2020 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 9050	Post Options Post Reply Quote suitkees Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:35
	I generally prefer vinyl over CDs (in general because they just sound much better, although there are also bad productions/pressings on vinyl...), but I buy more of the last one... I too stream music but only to decide if I want to buy the CD or vinyl. I like the tangible objects. That said, I don't have a list ready, but a CD that always impressed me because of its sound quality is Roger Water's Amused to Death. I haven't measured its dynamics, but anyway I trust my ears more than statistics of whatever software...
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Grumpyprogfan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 09 2019 Location: Kansas City Status: Offline Points: 12485	Post Options Post Reply Quote Grumpyprogfan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 19 2020 at 10:18
	No need to write about the topic, obviously no one reads it. Only need a title?

dr wu23 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20671	Post Options Post Reply Quote dr wu23 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 19 2020 at 09:52
	My main purchase for all new music are cd's ...but I collect old vinyl also when I find something obscure or , well..collectable,
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	CDs have been my way since I was a late convert in +/- 92, and I will not return to vinyls (still have some) nor go dematerialized. However, I really wish CDs would stop using ugly breakable plastic (outside the disc supporting the label, of course), beit in the form of a Jewel box (easy to replace still nowadays, though), or even worse those bloody Digipak treys (that cannot be replaced). We've that there are plastic-less alternatives, whether the "mini-Lp" format or the digibook object that Floyd and Gilmour have used in the last 10/15 years. It's hardly anything new, because if I remember well, Pearl Jam's Vitalogy (their second album) was all cardboard except for the disc support.

Grumpyprogfan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 09 2019 Location: Kansas City Status: Offline Points: 12485	Post Options Post Reply Quote Grumpyprogfan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 19 2020 at 09:01
	CD's have been on the way out for years but I still buy them. I like liner notes, artwork, and the physical product. I refuse to download music and have not bought any records since 1983. However, I stream music, and if I like it I will buy the CD if available. CD's can sound as good as vinyl, yet many are destroyed by over-processed madness, i.e., loudness wars. It is in the hands those who mix and master and the record companies. Unless the artist owns the recording I don't believe the artists opinion matters regarding the final mix/master. So what are some of the best CD recordings to your ears in the past twentysomething years? Those that have dynamic range and are well balanced. My all time fave is Steely Dan's "Aja". Sonic nirvana. Here are some more. Pat Metheny - From this Place Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase Thieves' Kitchen - Genuis Loci French TV - Stories Without Fingerprints Antoine Fafard - Proto Mundi Wobbler - Dwellers of the Deep Big Big Train - English Electric Part I All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light Hiromi - Spark Sanguine Hum - Now We Have Light