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Re: CD players vs SD players

From Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>
Newsgroups rec.audio.opinion
Subject Re: CD players vs SD players
Date 2024-06-15 11:00 +1000
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On 11/06/2024 10:30 pm, The Running Man wrote:
> I'm personally a proponent of SD-card audio players, which have no moving parts, no lasers or servo's to break down or go out of alignment, no spindle motor, no speed deviation.
> 
> I'm both horrified and amused with all the technical solutions manufacturers are advertising that supposedly improve "sound quality". The gist is that you're essentially trying to digital samples. And samples could be stored a variety of ways, on hard disks, flash disks, SD cards and tape if you so desire.
> 
> Systems with no moving parts are obviously the best and most reliable.

**Indeed. However, several points:

* The most critical aspects to good sound reproduction lie with the DAC 
and the output stages. The best DACs are generally regarded to be R2R 
types. These types of DACs tend to be much larger than the more popular 
Sigma/Delta types.
* RAM based players are not immune from failure of the RAM itself. The 
type of RAM used has a finite life-span.

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CD players vs SD players The Running Man <runningman@writeable.com> - 2024-06-11 12:30 +0000
  Re: CD players vs SD players Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2024-06-15 11:00 +1000
    Re: CD players vs SD players The Running Man <runningman@writeable.com> - 2024-06-15 06:28 +0000
      Re: CD players vs SD players mINE109 <pianoforte109@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-15 10:43 -0500
      Re: CD players vs SD players Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2024-06-16 06:20 +1000
        Re: CD players vs SD players The Running Man <runningman@writeable.com> - 2024-06-18 18:12 +0000
          Re: CD players vs SD players Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2024-06-20 08:24 +1000
            Re: CD players vs SD players The Running Man <runningman@writeable.com> - 2024-06-20 16:48 +0000
              Re: CD players vs SD players Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2024-06-21 15:25 +1000
  Re: CD players vs SD players Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> - 2024-06-18 16:57 -0700
    Re: CD players vs SD players mINE109 <pianoforte109@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-19 12:44 -0500

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