How has upgrading you system changed your CD buying habits? Do you
spend more money on demo disks? Do you buy stuff you don't really like
just becaused it is a 'DDD' CD, HDCD, SACD? Ever bought a disk just
because you read some one had used it as a listening test cd in a
reveiw? Can you honestly say you just buy the music you want to listen
to, or has getting the best out of your system become an obsession?
If Dark Side of the Moon was only in you collection on a chewed-up C-90,
would it ever get played?

I'm guilty as charged, and my player isn't even working properly yet...
Being a young dance-aholic, I realised when I set up my kit last week, I
have only 3 CDs in my collection with real instruments in them; the rest
are dance compilations, most recorded as mixes from vinyl - hardly the
best demo disks!
I've already ordered a stack of piano, string quartet and orchestral disks!

Berlin Love Parade to Berlin Phil in under a week!

:-0

Graeme

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:13:50 +0000, none ""gfraser\"@(none)" wrote:

How has upgrading you system changed your CD buying habits? Do you
spend more money on demo disks? Do you buy stuff you don't really like
just becaused it is a 'DDD' CD, HDCD, SACD? Ever bought a disk just
because you read some one had used it as a listening test cd in a
reveiw? Can you honestly say you just buy the music you want to listen
to, or has getting the best out of your system become an obsession?
If Dark Side of the Moon was only in you collection on a chewed-up C-90,
would it ever get played?

I'm guilty as charged, and my player isn't even working properly yet...
Being a young dance-aholic, I realised when I set up my kit last week, I
have only 3 CDs in my collection with real instruments in them; the rest
are dance compilations, most recorded as mixes from vinyl - hardly the
best demo disks!
I've already ordered a stack of piano, string quartet and orchestral disks!

Berlin Love Parade to Berlin Phil in under a week!

:-0

Graeme

My collection is all music I like for the sake of the music. I don't
even look at the DDD etc labels. I bought one test LP a year or so ago
for the sole purpose of setting up my turntable. It has no music, and
I haven't played it since.

I'm not sure of your method of buying music though. I would rather
audition individual recordings than mass-buy whole genres. Take your
time and get the best stuff.

As for your CD player, how can it not be working properly "yet"? They
either work perfectly straight out of the box, or they are broken.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Don Pearce wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:13:50 +0000, none ""gfraser\"@(none)" wrote:
snip
As for your CD player, how can it not be working properly "yet"? They
either work perfectly straight out of the box, or they are broken.

Yes, it is faulty. See my post on Rotel RCD-02 not playing CDs. It
works for a few disks, but not others. When I say 'yet' I mean I
haven't taken it back to the shop to get a replacement unit, and don't
have time to do so until the weekend.

I bought one test LP a year or so ago
for the sole purpose of setting up my turntable. It has no music, and
I haven't played it since.

You should tape it for raference in case you might need it.

=== Andy Evans ===
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On 12 Jan 2005 19:18:19 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

I bought one test LP a year or so ago
for the sole purpose of setting up my turntable. It has no music, and
I haven't played it since.

You should tape it for raference in case you might need it.

Or copy it to CD perhaps? I could let friends have cheap copies.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:18:12 GMT, (Don Pearce)
wrote:

On 12 Jan 2005 19:18:19 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

I bought one test LP a year or so ago
for the sole purpose of setting up my turntable. It has no music, and
I haven't played it since.

You should tape it for raference in case you might need it.

Or copy it to CD perhaps? I could let friends have cheap copies.

Whaaaat? Why would *anyone* want to do that, when you could copy a
test *CD* with vastly better quality? Or did I miss a smiley?
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:13:34 +0000 (UTC), Stewart Pinkerton
wrote:

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:18:12 GMT, (Don Pearce)
wrote:

On 12 Jan 2005 19:18:19 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

I bought one test LP a year or so ago
for the sole purpose of setting up my turntable. It has no music, and
I haven't played it since.

You should tape it for raference in case you might need it.

Or copy it to CD perhaps? I could let friends have cheap copies.

Whaaaat? Why would *anyone* want to do that, when you could copy a
test *CD* with vastly better quality? Or did I miss a smiley?

C'mon Stewart - wake up. I don't expect to need to use smileys on a UK
news group.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:18:12 GMT, (Don Pearce)
wrote:

On 12 Jan 2005 19:18:19 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

I bought one test LP a year or so ago
for the sole purpose of setting up my turntable. It has no music, and
I haven't played it since.

You should tape it for raference in case you might need it.

Or copy it to CD perhaps? I could let friends have cheap copies.

Whaaaat? Why would *anyone* want to do that, when you could copy a
test *CD* with vastly better quality? Or did I miss a smiley?


Quite a unique product, methinks. A CD for the purpose of "setting
up" a turntable.

Don. Let us know what prison the BPI send you to. I will bring you
a file in a cake next time I visit the UK.

Iain

none wrote:

How has upgrading you system changed your CD buying habits?

Not at all really, though my system has probably reduced half of my indie rock
collection to near unlistenable (from an audiophile point of view, of course).

But they sound tolerable to good once I convert them to 128-258kbps mp3s played
back through a PC and headphones ...

Do you spend more money on demo disks?

Don't have one in my collection

Do you buy stuff you don't really like just becaused it is a 'DDD' CD, HDCD, SACD?

Well, I did buy the 30th anniversary Dark Side of the Moon CD/SACD hybrid disc
because it was cheap.

Ever bought a disk just because you read some one had used it as a listening test cd in a
reveiw?

No. Though I am tempted to get the Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Sessions" CD.

Can you honestly say you just buy the music you want to listen
to, or has getting the best out of your system become an obsession?

I buy the music I listen to. If the recording is top notch, I treat it as a bonus.

Note that some of the most important pop/rock music (Beatles, Stones and
Springsteen) has really poor sound!

In message , Tat Chan
writes
none wrote:

How has upgrading you system changed your CD buying habits?

Not at all really, though my system has probably reduced half of my
indie rock collection to near unlistenable (from an audiophile point of
view, of course).

But they sound tolerable to good once I convert them to 128-258kbps
mp3s played back through a PC and headphones ...

Do you spend more money on demo disks?

Don't have one in my collection

Do you buy stuff you don't really like just becaused it is a 'DDD'
CD, HDCD, SACD?

Well, I did buy the 30th anniversary Dark Side of the Moon CD/SACD
hybrid disc because it was cheap.

Ever bought a disk just because you read some one had used it as a
listening test cd in a reveiw?

No. Though I am tempted to get the Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Sessions" CD.

Can you honestly say you just buy the music you want to listen to,
or has getting the best out of your system become an obsession?

I buy the music I listen to. If the recording is top notch, I treat it
as a bonus.

Note that some of the most important pop/rock music (Beatles, Stones
and Springsteen) has really poor sound!


I've just bought a pair of decent headphones (Sennheiser HD580). It's
amazing how bad many recordings are when you hear them through
high-resolution transducers!

You'll be pleased to know that the Calrec Ambisonics 'Trinity Session'
still sounds OK though.
--
Chris Morriss