CD Appreciation Thread - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

Sean Trane wrote:

To further the debate (that Grumpy didn't want to develop LOL

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This is awesome, and I won't argue it LOL.

Actually there is one missing:

Remastered for maximum compression and fight the loudness war

As for Tangentized (there is a typo in there)

Best Tangetized explanation found : Whoever wrote that is mistaken (or very incorrect). The verb/adjective is "Tangentized" (with an N). It's a term that has been used by Tangerine Dream fans after Edgar Froese released a collection of their tracks called "Tangents". Tangents collected old classic tracks, but they had been modified by adding instruments that couldn't have existed at the time, and/or modified in some other way, thus pissing all old fans off because classics (and I wholeheartedly agree) should never be altered. Make a new version, if you want, but leave the original alone.

So the expression "tangentized" was created to define such an operation, which unfortunately Froese repeated in the following years.

^^^Perfect, absolutely perfect!

Add to the Prog Memes thread for sure.

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Sean Trane wrote:

To further the debate (that Grumpy didn't want to develop LOL

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OMG Hughes, this is great.

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CD is still my go-to method for purchasing music. I just got a string of Genesis discs from Ebay, just now, for like $19, including shipping. Can't go wrong!

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021

JD wrote:

LP's = 1068 Titles

CD's = 1225 Titles

Not going to discuss the pro's and con's (done to death).

I was actually thinking about doing a poll on best sonic offering by year about 1/2 an hour ago as I was out picking up some pizza for dinner.

So for yours, these come to mind:

Kraftwerk - Autobaun

Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth

Peter Gabriel - So

ELP - Trilogy

The better poll would be "what kind of pizza did JD get??" Tongue

I continue to buy CDs. Call me old fashioned, but I like something to hold and look at. Some artists can't afford to get CDs made and just have downloads. That's OK. I buy the download if it's the only choice and then burn it to a CD-R.

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I'm a cd guy until the day I die. ;) I have bought cassettes and vinyl in the past but cds are my bread and butter and my favorite. I never really got much into downloading or streaming although I might do streaming at some point for supplemental listening. I have no plans or desire to abandon cds though. The only thing that could stop me is if they stop making them and or stop selling them.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - November 19 2020 at 17:21

DSotM, WYWH, Band On The Run, Aja, Avalon, Best of Eagles, most 1987 Beatles CDs, So, Up, all Alan Parsons Project expanded remasters, later Porcupine Tree CDs, TAAB original 1997 master.

Edited by SteveG - November 19 2020 at 16:16

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Catcher10 wrote:

The audio industry is slowly but positively moving to hi-rez streaming services and gear, I get gear catalogs in the mail and CDP make up maybe 1 page, whereas digital streamers, DACs make up several pages with offerings from $200 to $5K. Analog gear (turntables, cartridges, phono stages) can make up half the catalog now.

Gave up LP's in 1983. The only thing I miss is looking at the artwork, reading the liner notes, and getting the occasional poster. Pops, skips, scratches..no thanks. As far as hi-rez streaming, good idea, but you'll need to by the equipment and pay a monthly fee to stream. Similar from VHS to DVD, then bluray. Or 3D TV'S. Forcing consumers to change. Are you going to be able to replace your entire music collection? And will they offer obscure music? Neil Young's failed Pono player didn't. Too bad CD's are being forced out. New cars have stopped installing CD players. Oh well.

I buy them cause they are cheap, usually a couple bucks and use them to rip for my portable music player. Compared to the original recording it is a lossy format, since recordings are mastered as 24bit/96khz or 192khz hi-resolution files. Redbook is 16bit/44.1khz, down-sample from 24bit master and yea the demise of the CD is its format limitations and horrid sound when mixing/mastering is poorly done.

The audio industry is slowly but positively moving to hi-rez streaming services and gear, I get gear catalogs in the mail and CDP make up maybe 1 page, whereas digital streamers, DACs make up several pages with offerings from $200 to $5K. Analog gear (turntables, cartridges, phono stages) can make up half the catalog now.

CDs are super cheap to press and the margins are huge, that's the main reason they still press them but spending $12-$20 for a new issue CD IMO is a waste....wait 3-6 months and you can buy them for a couple bucks.

My best sounding CDs:

Peter Gabriel~So

Andreas Vollenweider~White Winds

Collective Soul~s/t

Styx~Paradise Theater (Japan version from 1980, worth $50-$80)

Porcupine Tree~Deadwing

Porcupine Tree~In Absentia

Sting~Bring On the Night

Santana~Supernatural

Eric Clapton~Unplugged

Those are the ones come to mind right now.

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