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[Love Expresso]

You can spend tens of thousands on excellent equipment, but in the end, it all depends on your ears and your habits. I guess the generation that grew up with CD is just used to it and configurated on it.
Vinyl only sounds better than CD  with a really good equipment. CD sounds good even on a crappy playing device.

LE

[hunter]

You can spend tens of thousands on excellent equipment, but in the end, it all depends on your ears and your habits. I guess the generation that grew up with CD is just used to it and configurated on it.
Vinyl only sounds better than CD  with a really good equipment. CD sounds good even on a crappy playing device.

LE

Most people just put their hifi system in the room without much consideration as to where it sounds best. Usually the aesthetic aspects are more important (especially to women), but without proper placement of the speakers and the right listening position, the audio quality will suffer. And you're right, for vinyl to sound really good, there are so many more factors to consider. CDs and digital files are much easier to deal with. A good DAC, a decent stereo amplifier and a set of decent speakers that match the amplifier, are well-suited to the room and properly placed, then you're pretty much set.

[superval99]

You can spend tens of thousands on excellent equipment, but in the end, it all depends on your ears and your habits. I guess the generation that grew up with CD is just used to it and configurated on it.
Vinyl only sounds better than CD  with a really good equipment. CD sounds good even on a crappy playing device.

LE

Most people just put their hifi system in the room without much consideration as to where it sounds best. Usually the aesthetic aspects are more important (especially to women), but without proper placement of the speakers and the right listening position, the audio quality will suffer. And you're right, for vinyl to sound really good, there are so many more factors to consider. CDs and digital files are much easier to deal with. A good DAC, a decent stereo amplifier and a set of decent speakers that match the amplifier, are well-suited to the room and properly placed, then you're pretty much set.

Yesterday you were telling us that you could hear your CDs rotating.   Maybe your CD player is too close to your listening position!  Just a thought.  I am a woman btw! 

[dustyvalentino]

If you can hear a disc spinning surely you are listening too quietly. 

[qjamesfloyd]

Exactly, you should not be listening to the drums at the start of Money For Nothing quietly.

[hunter]

I am a woman btw! 

I know. It wasn't directed at you    Just pointed out the fact that optimal audio quality often isn't possible in a regular room because of the Wife Acceptance Factor.


I don't have a CD player at the moment, but when I did, I kept in a cabinet with a glass door to avoid hearing it. The cabinet is about four meters away from my listening position.

[hunter]

If you can hear a disc spinning surely you are listening too quietly. 

I respect my neighbors, man Plus I honestly don't like loud listening levels. I mean, it can be fun for a short while, to feel the thump, but I prefer more moderate levels. Less fatiguing, and you pick up a lot more details in the music.

[superval99]

I am a woman btw! 

I know. It wasn't directed at you    Just pointed out the fact that optimal audio quality often isn't possible in a regular room because of the Wife Acceptance Factor.

Yes, I know it wasn't directed at me, but it isn't just men who want good audio quality and it isn't just women who want their surroundings looking nice.   I like my home looking as nice as possible, but my speakers are not hidden behind the sofa - they are in the best possible position for good sound and I happen to like the look of them too!   

[dustyvalentino]

I know hunter is generalising but it's my experience as well, at least with my now ex wife!

[hunter]

Of course there are exceptions. Both ways. But I think it's quite obvious what the gender distribution is like if you consider the subsribers of House & Garden versus Stereophile 

[dustyvalentino]

I'm also on the Steve Hoffman forum, which is basically audiophile forum, and it seems to be exclusively men!

[superval99]

Of course there are exceptions. Both ways. But I think it's quite obvious what the gender distribution is like if you consider the subsribers of House & Garden versus Stereophile 

I'm very fortunate that myself and my husband have very similar tastes in house and garden - music too, but he does have his man-cave which helps!   

[superval99]

I'm also on the Steve Hoffman forum, which is basically audiophile forum, and it seems to be exclusively men!

Actually this forum is mainly male-orientated ratio 4:1 at the moment.   

[hunter]

It's a dog-gone sausage fest.

[dustyvalentino]

I'm also on the Steve Hoffman forum, which is basically audiophile forum, and it seems to be exclusively men!

Actually this forum is mainly male-orientated ratio 4:1 at the moment.

Again generalising, probably the case with most online forums, except mumsnet.

Men tend to be nerds!