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Post by geebo on Jul 1, 2016 7:01:32 GMT -5
Did he say "new and revised Emofest?" Indeed he did.  |
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Post by monkumonku on Jul 1, 2016 9:04:12 GMT -5
There's obviously demand for CD players and maybe I abandoned the format too soon but I do wonder how much longer companies will continue designing and releasing them. I rarely use my ERC-2, and pretty much stream everything instead to the point where I put the ERC-2 up for sale recently. But the ERC-2 is such a nice piece of gear that I came to my senses and canceled the sale listing. Then to celebrate I put in the remastered 2 CD Beatles White Album (not both CD's at the same time). Sure sounded good and made me appreciate what a quality CD player Emo made. That said, CD player sales are probably going to keep declining and in the near future we'll have CD purists advocating that lost art form and lamenting how the lovely, pure sound of CD's has been perverted by things like Apple's conversion of Tidal to iTidal using low resolution proprietary .wave files. Then proponents of iTidal will make fun of the CD crowd, saying how nice it is not to have to make sure to avoid touching the CD surface to avoid fingerprints, and having to deal with broken trays and storing bulky CD cases and dealing with CD jitter and skipping. Meanwhile the price of CD players will go up to about $2,500 and will weigh about 100 lbs. |
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Post by ÈlTwo on Jul 1, 2016 9:37:28 GMT -5
Then proponents of iTidal will make fun of the CD crowd, saying . . . You really snuck that comment in, but I thought it deserved a bit more attention. |
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Post by junchoon on Jul 1, 2016 10:45:29 GMT -5
Any mention of a monoblock xpa gen3?
Thanks.
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Post by kewlmunky on Jul 1, 2016 10:55:21 GMT -5
Any mention of a monoblock xpa gen3? Thanks. My take aways from the latest Podcast There is a BasX CD Player A100 headphone jack up front with "a surpise" XPA-1 selling well and continues indefinitely"Monster Atmos" in the XMC-1 Airmotiv speakers on the water, available 1st week August There is an 15" sub, joining the 10" and the 12" Emotiva have a new truck for transporting displays Gen 3 XPA amps selling well, new cart layout soon. Gen 3 XPA 14 Channel amp on the way Cheers Gary Sounds like they are staying the course for now. |
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Post by audiobill on Jul 1, 2016 13:29:45 GMT -5
There's obviously demand for CD players and maybe I abandoned the format too soon but I do wonder how much longer companies will continue designing and releasing them. I rarely use my ERC-2, and pretty much stream everything instead to the point where I put the ERC-2 up for sale recently. But the ERC-2 is such a nice piece of gear that I came to my senses and canceled the sale listing. Then to celebrate I put in the remastered 2 CD Beatles White Album (not both CD's at the same time). Sure sounded good and made me appreciate what a quality CD player Emo made. That said, CD player sales are probably going to keep declining and in the near future we'll have CD purists advocating that lost art form and lamenting how the lovely, pure sound of CD's has been perverted by things like Apple's conversion of Tidal to iTidal using low resolution proprietary .wave files. Then proponents of iTidal will make fun of the CD crowd, saying how nice it is not to have to make sure to avoid touching the CD surface to avoid fingerprints, and having to deal with broken trays and storing bulky CD cases and dealing with CD jitter and skipping. Meanwhile the price of CD players will go up to about $2,500 and will weigh about 100 lbs. UP to $2,500? That's what I recently sold my well loved BAT VKD5se for, down from its $8,000 list! |
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Post by monkumonku on Jul 1, 2016 14:21:39 GMT -5
I rarely use my ERC-2, and pretty much stream everything instead to the point where I put the ERC-2 up for sale recently. But the ERC-2 is such a nice piece of gear that I came to my senses and canceled the sale listing. Then to celebrate I put in the remastered 2 CD Beatles White Album (not both CD's at the same time). Sure sounded good and made me appreciate what a quality CD player Emo made. That said, CD player sales are probably going to keep declining and in the near future we'll have CD purists advocating that lost art form and lamenting how the lovely, pure sound of CD's has been perverted by things like Apple's conversion of Tidal to iTidal using low resolution proprietary .wave files. Then proponents of iTidal will make fun of the CD crowd, saying how nice it is not to have to make sure to avoid touching the CD surface to avoid fingerprints, and having to deal with broken trays and storing bulky CD cases and dealing with CD jitter and skipping. Meanwhile the price of CD players will go up to about $2,500 and will weigh about 100 lbs. UP to $2,500? That's what I recently sold my well loved BAT VKD5se for, down from its $8,000 list! Well the point I was trying to make was that the prices of CD players would skyrocket into turntable pricing territory. So I guess $2,500 was on the way low end of things... And the weight and size would balloon up as well, my estimate again probably being way too low.  Then all of a sudden the harsh, sterile sound of CD's would become a nostalgic wonderfully pure, never fatiguing sound. |
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Post by vcautokid on Jul 1, 2016 18:35:26 GMT -5
Hmmm, that is an interesting thought. Read not long ago that Reel to Reel was the new Vinyl. Kind of makes sense that CD would follow Vinyl, and Tape. The Boutique makers will make some very exotic stuff. United Home Audio has made some custom Reel to Reels based on the bullet proof Tascam BR-20 without time code by the way, and too many turntables to count what is possible. Time will tell as streaming has now been the music convenience of choice. By the way only touch the edge of my music file if you don't mind.
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Post by Axis on Jul 1, 2016 18:47:58 GMT -5
How do you get CD quality music ? Do you go to Amazon to download ? All I see there is MP3. You think folks are flocking to the Hi rez sites to get it ?
I tell folks all the time to buy CD's.
If I want to hear something high quality on my main system I put a CD in my ERC-1. The reason is I do not yet have a proper player for my FLAC files to have over on my main system. I am not going to put a PC over with it. Someone needs to make music players that do not cost a fortune that are friendly to operate stand alone with your old fashion analog two channel stereo.
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Post by novisnick on Jul 1, 2016 18:48:14 GMT -5
Hmmm, that is an interesting thought. Read not long ago that Reel to Reel was the new Vinyl. Kind of makes sense that CD would follow Vinyl, and Tape. The Boutique makers will make some very exotic stuff. United Home Audio has made some custom Reel to Reels based on the bullet proof Tascam BR-20 without time code by the way, and too many turntables to count what is possible. Time will tell as streaming has now been the music convenience of choice. By the way only touch the edge of my music file if you don't mind. "only touch the edge of my music file if you don't mind." After YOU wash your hands!! |
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Post by novisnick on Jul 1, 2016 19:05:20 GMT -5
Hmmm, that is an interesting thought. Read not long ago that Reel to Reel was the new Vinyl. Kind of makes sense that CD would follow Vinyl, and Tape. The Boutique makers will make some very exotic stuff. United Home Audio has made some custom Reel to Reels based on the bullet proof Tascam BR-20 without time code by the way, and too many turntables to count what is possible. Time will tell as streaming has now been the music convenience of choice. By the way only touch the edge of my music file if you don't mind. "only touch the edge of my music file if you don't mind." After YOU wash your hands!!  |
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Post by vcautokid on Jul 1, 2016 19:05:38 GMT -5
Hmmm, that is an interesting thought. Read not long ago that Reel to Reel was the new Vinyl. Kind of makes sense that CD would follow Vinyl, and Tape. The Boutique makers will make some very exotic stuff. United Home Audio has made some custom Reel to Reels based on the bullet proof Tascam BR-20 without time code by the way, and too many turntables to count what is possible. Time will tell as streaming has now been the music convenience of choice. By the way only touch the edge of my music file if you don't mind. "only touch the edge of my music file if you don't mind." After YOU wash your hands!! Actually in the spirit of high end listening to stream files Novisnick. If you use these wipes. Used in Hospitals by the way. Everything will sound clinically clean. . Have a great weekend all.  |
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Post by novisnick on Jul 1, 2016 19:08:20 GMT -5
"only touch the edge of my music file if you don't mind." After YOU wash your hands!! Actually in the spirit of high end listening to stream files Novisnick. If you use these wipes. Used in Hospitals by the way. Everything will sound clinically clean. . Have a great weekend all. And that my friend is whats wrong with so many DACs, Way TOO clinical sounding, lets add some smooth sound to the edges with a good set of tubes! |
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Post by brubacca on Jul 1, 2016 19:59:28 GMT -5
Very expensive CD players are already made. My favorite player (that I have heard) is $8k new and goes for about $2,500 on the used market. Buy a good used CD player now while they are in decline.
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Post by brubacca on Jul 1, 2016 20:00:19 GMT -5
Actually in the spirit of high end listening to stream files Novisnick. If you use these wipes. Used in Hospitals by the way. Everything will sound clinically clean. . Have a great weekend all. And that my friend is whats wrong with so many DACs, Way TOO clinical sounding, lets add some smooth sound to the edges with a good set of tubes! Or use a Rega or Schiit Multibit which do not have this glare. |
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Post by novisnick on Jul 1, 2016 20:09:18 GMT -5
And that my friend is whats wrong with so many DACs, Way TOO clinical sounding, lets add some smooth sound to the edges with a good set of tubes! Or use a Rega or Schiit Multibit which do not have this glare. LMAO, if I employ my Rega, I sure wont need a DAC !!  |
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Post by knucklehead on Jul 1, 2016 21:37:48 GMT -5
Was there any mention of an integrated amp? I can't seem to get the podcast to play properly - all I heard was the first minute or so before it crashed Flash Player and FireFox.
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Post by novisnick on Jul 1, 2016 22:27:33 GMT -5
Was there any mention of an integrated amp? I can't seem to get the podcast to play properly - all I heard was the first minute or so before it crashed Flash Player and FireFox. Integrated at 9:49 of the podcast, Yes!! MC-700 pre pro as well! by September |
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Post by junchoon on Jul 2, 2016 6:23:05 GMT -5
Too bad about the monoblock for xpag3. Guess there is no hope for the xpa-1l  |
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Post by vneal on Jul 2, 2016 6:44:28 GMT -5
You want a GOOD SOUNDING CD PLAYER
MERIDIAN
I think I am at least 25% right or so I am told
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