It has been argued that CD-R copies can even be better if the original is in poor condition - and modern, good quality CD-Rs are meant to be copied at a high speed to reduce the possibility of error. I am sure Hyperion will be using the best CD-Rs and equipment at the right speed. I cannot say I have ever noticed any difference between the original and a copy, and a digital process should reproduce exactly unless you are using poor quality equipment, although of course one's hearing deteriorates as one advances in age. (However, I had mine tested recently and was relieved to discover that it is that of a person considerably younger than my actual years, so I am lucky.)
Now I'll wait for the audiophiles to jump in and tell Len and me we are talking rot...
CD-Rs should sound exactly the same as the parent CD so I do not see this as a problem. What is a problem (and this is not just Hyperion) is that for many discs there is not a CD option, just downloads.
Len
Hi. Does anyone - more knowledgeable than me - want to discuss CD-Rs, in particular with reference to Hyperion?
That acronym is popping up all over their website recently. Their new releases are not CD-Rs - cf. the new Takacs Qt. disc of Schubert Quartets - but follow the Takacs link and see how many of their 'old' discs are now CD-R only, to give one example.
Admittedly, Hyperion are upfront with which of their titles are CD-R and which are not, but if it's cheaper for the company to issue titles in this way (and it must be cheaper or why else do it?), at the very least pass a little of the saving on to the customer?!
Perhaps one should just accept Hyperion isn't what it used to be? No longer independent, even though they still proclaim themselves as such on their site, prices increased, and now CD-Rs flooding in.
First-world problems, I know, but any thoughts will be welcome.
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