Along with a few others, I had a long talk with a guy who says he won't ever use CDs again. It was a great conversation, but as his arguments about CDs being bad were disproven over and over, he realized his position was illogical, but none of us were trying to convince him to change his attitude, we were just trying to understand his viewpoint. Then, in a final act of desperation he came up with a completely solid reason for not using CDs.
The players can sometimes make audible physical noise while playing, such as the whirring sound of the disc, the gears turning when moving the laser assembly, and other such mechanical sounds.
None of us could prove that point false, we weren't near a player to run an experiment to see how loud it was and even if we did have one player, that doesn't prove other players were just as loud or quiet. However, I listen to CDs as my primary serious listening source and have done for decades. While I admit I've heard mechanical sounds from them, during music playback I cannot recall ever hearing any such sounds. So, I asked what players he's experienced such annoying sounds from during playback and he listed a few - all were relatively esoteric brands like Cambridge Audio, Bryston, and Meridian.... but that shocked me.
If my $150 mass market Sony Bluray player is effectively silent in my room where it sits on a shelf a mere 4 feet behind my head, how the hell can a company like Meridian sell a CD player which makes too much mechanical noise for a listener to handle.
So, I wanted to ask you guys, does your disc player make any noise you can hear during playback? Have you owned a player that was too loud?
The players can sometimes make audible physical noise while playing, such as the whirring sound of the disc, the gears turning when moving the laser assembly, and other such mechanical sounds.
None of us could prove that point false, we weren't near a player to run an experiment to see how loud it was and even if we did have one player, that doesn't prove other players were just as loud or quiet. However, I listen to CDs as my primary serious listening source and have done for decades. While I admit I've heard mechanical sounds from them, during music playback I cannot recall ever hearing any such sounds. So, I asked what players he's experienced such annoying sounds from during playback and he listed a few - all were relatively esoteric brands like Cambridge Audio, Bryston, and Meridian.... but that shocked me.
If my $150 mass market Sony Bluray player is effectively silent in my room where it sits on a shelf a mere 4 feet behind my head, how the hell can a company like Meridian sell a CD player which makes too much mechanical noise for a listener to handle.
So, I wanted to ask you guys, does your disc player make any noise you can hear during playback? Have you owned a player that was too loud?
