Thanks for demonstrating my Crystal Disc in your top-of-the-line Genesis speaker! Every audience was shocked by the "perfect" sound! The music was energized, more definition, and much more space with much concreted bass and beautiful hi.
Thanks Gary! Hope to see you next year in the Hong Kong Audiovisual Show!
This one, recorded by Todd Garfinkle of MA Recordings, was released in many formats: normal CD, Green CD, Silver-alloy AQCD and LP. Now in Crystal Disc!
This one, recorded by Todd Garfinkle of MA Recordings, was released in many formats: normal CD, Green CD, Silver-alloy AQCD and LP. Now in Crystal Disc! View attachment 11339
The fact remains, it's 16/44 digital. If you really want an improvement you need to change format from digital to analog as long as the original material was recorded analog.
The other day I thought each disc was $1000 and then I thought Gary said they were actually under a $1000 and now Andymodern says they are $1600 each. I don't know what the truth is.
The other day I thought each disc was $1000 and then I thought Gary said they were actually under a $1000 and now Andymodern says they are $1600 each. I don't know what the truth is.
The bits encoded on this disc are gold plated. There are lots of bits - it adds up in a hurry.
If you rip the exact same datafile bit for bit to a harddrive apparently the gold plating is removed in the copying process and it sounds like plain old 44/16 again.
Price aside, let's not lose track of the reasons for Gary's original post: we've yet to extract all the info from 16/44 and that's what I heard over a decade ago when comparing different materials for making CDs and most recently when hearing 16/44 played back thru the Vivaldi stack.
Is it too little, too late? Are CDs dead? Will everything go the way of d/l DSD files?
The trick here is the individual bits are gold plated, not just the disc. It is like the laser reader is exposed to a golden shower. This then results in far more accurate voltage being created in the downstream circuitry. Its a very complicated process. A platinum version is under development. It won't be cheap.
The trick here is the individual bits are gold plated, not just the disc. It is like the laser reader is exposed to a golden shower. This then results in far more accurate voltage being created in the downstream circuitry. Its a very complicated process. A platinum version is under development. It won't be cheap.
