Hi everyone,
I am a 60 year old newbie. Just getting interested in really enjoying music. I have set aside a sum of money to purchase myself a good (hopefully) audio system strictly for music.
That said here is my confusion. A person I met told me that there was no need for me to purchase CD's for my music. That I should get an Ipod and download the music I wished to listen to and run it through the new system I planned to purchase. Or if not an Ipod then download it onto my harddrive, burn a disc and then play it thru my system. He then told me about all the great reasons ( and they seemed legimate and good reasons to me) why the advantage by not buying CD's. I then asked him would the quality of sound be the same. And he said yes.
It worries me if he is wrong for several reasons. One I plan on spending about $5000.00 ( which is a lot of money for me) on the speakers, amp, pre-amp, cable etc. Since that sum of money is a lot for me I would hate to buy a good sound system only to have garbage coming out, figuring the old adage "garbage in, garbage out" is true in audio equipment.
My Questions: 1. Is there a difference in quality of CDs and downloaded music? 2. He stated that what difference there was could not be detected by the human ear. Is that true?
Thanks everyone
Hi everyone,
I am a 60 year old newbie. Just getting interested in really enjoying music. I have set aside a sum of money to purchase myself a good (hopefully) audio system strictly for music.
That said here is my confusion. A person I met told me that there was no need for me to purchase CD's for my music. That I should get an Ipod and download the music I wished to listen to and run it through the new system I planned to purchase. Or if not an Ipod then download it onto my harddrive, burn a disc and then play it thru my system. He then told me about all the great reasons ( and they seemed legimate and good reasons to me) why the advantage by not buying CD's. I then asked him would the quality of sound be the same. And he said yes.
It worries me if he is wrong for several reasons. One I plan on spending about $5000.00 ( which is a lot of money for me) on the speakers, amp, pre-amp, cable etc. Since that sum of money is a lot for me I would hate to buy a good sound system only to have garbage coming out, figuring the old adage "garbage in, garbage out" is true in audio equipment.
My Questions: 1. Is there a difference in quality of CDs and downloaded music? 2. He stated that what difference there was could not be detected by the human ear. Is that true?
Thanks everyone