I've heard some say that carefully-ripped and burned copies of an original (pressed) CD -- using high-quality CD-Rs -- can sound better than the orig disc. Theoretically, this is possible if the orig CD media (disc material/construction) was of poor quality AND the ripping software was able to retrieve all orig bits.
What's your experience?
(I use EAC to rip and Nero to burn on a Windows XP PC using an inexpensive (but high-rated) Benq 1640 or 1655. I use the slowest burn speed along with high-quality (but inexpensive) Taiyo Yuden CD-Rs. I can't hear diffs)

Is anyone here familiar with them? Especially their SE34i amp? Also, any idea if Jolida is going to sell the JD10 any time soon?

Opinions please. Only interested in 2 channel audio playback of Cds & Hi-Rez discs; Video secondary. If I could get a player w/out Video in this price area, I would! Do all of these have the ability to turn off the Video circuitry like the DV-6001? Thanks!

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I just received the new legacy editions of Brubecks Time Out and Mingus Ah-Um. The Brubeck set has a DVD and a live show and Mingus has lots of additional material as well. Both come with enhanced booklets and for me are worth the price of admission since they are classics

Hey everyone, this is my first post. I have been getting into vinyl lately through a Technics Sl-D2 turntable connected to a crappy BBE phono preamp going into a bose wave cd player aux input. As would be expected, I'm craving something a little more hi-fi. I would like to keep the price under $2000. Here's what I have come up with...any suggestions?

Rega P1 Turntable
Music Hall A25.2 integrated amp
Epos ELS 3 Mini Monitor Speakers
NAD PP2 phono stage

any suggestions?

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