Is A CD Player worth it in 2023? Onkyo C-7030

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@angelheart7643 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic device. Bought a used one from 2014 (with Wolfson DAC) some weeks ago and it was used only for some hours before. Now it is well played in, opened up and I really can't believe how good it now sounds - via RCA to my Cambridge amp. Speakers are Dali Oberon 3 and a Mivoc Sub. I know that this fantastic DAC was replaced in 2018 but I was very lucky to get the original. Beats all my vintage CD players from Marantz, Technics and Sony which cost up to ten times more in the past Thanks Onkyo, very well done !

@augustusbetucius2931 10 ай бұрын

The answer is yes. All other issues aside, and including using a Playstation, DVD/CD players, it comes down to this: If you're listening to music through Apple or other sources that keep and control the audio files, then you are RENTING music. You do NOT own it. I still buy and use CDs. Any audio files I've paid and downloaded, I copy to an external drive, and burn to CD. That way no one can take it from me. Own your own music, don't rent. This means having to have a CD player of some sort, unless you're okay with poor audio quality.

@porkysoda5899 Жыл бұрын

I love CDs 💿. They sound better. Even with lossless files the CD format which is lands and pits on an aluminum layer gets turned into ones and zeros which does alter the sound in my opinion. CDs sound warmer and more open. The instrument separation and sound stage has more room to breathe.

@Pidalin 4 ай бұрын

it's about DAC inside of your player (if you use analog output) and quality of your amplifier, it absolutelly doesn't matter if it's basic CD, CD with golden layer or something, it's just placebo effect. The most important thing is quality of master which is the main problem in these days because of loudness war, all today CDs sound terrible and it's kind of pointless to buy them, it's better to buy even MC cassette if it's available or (the best option) vinyl where they can't do loudness war because it's physically impossible to compress and normalise loudness like that on vinyl.

@crBudgetWatches Ай бұрын

Me: it’s just natural to be looking for a new CD player in 2024 My fiends: have you gone completely nuts?

@sethduffey9538 Жыл бұрын

Interesting.. Like the multiple adhoc way of your setup.. Nice demo . You helped me out with considering buying the Onkyo .. The females seemed like they were trying to sound like Destiny Child.. Either way man keep on groovin.. I have an old Yamaha system with a JVC back up. Those Klipsch of yours were tight.

@bigmacfullerton7870 9 ай бұрын

It’s worth it too me! I love CDs. I just got the Onkyo DX-C390 which is basically the same thing in 6 disc changer form. I score this thing open box from Best Buy for $125 with a 4 year geek squad warranty. I’m loving this thing. It sounds great.

@cs.studios 8 ай бұрын

I was debating between the two but I like how the C-7030 matches my receiver

@ThrustGoblin30 Жыл бұрын

I think old school cd player sounds much better than pc setup but maybe its only me.

@cs.studios Жыл бұрын

I like the cd player too

@Pidalin 4 ай бұрын

It depends, there are too many factors in PC that you can change, like different sounds cards, you can connect it to amplifier with classic jack or digitally, you definitely can get hi-fi sound from PC, today when most of soundcards have SPDIF out and most of amplifiers have difital input it's even easier than it ever was, you just let digital to analog convertion on amplifier and play raw digital data from PC and problem solved.

@feelmyice 22 сағат бұрын

CD player definitely has the higher quality than the FLAC. You can tell the difference. The FLAC sounds a bit more tinnier / treble vs the full CD qualtiy (a bit more oompf). Most likely due to the up or down sampling the PC needs to do. I am curious on the PC though, did you have the soundcard set to the highest or at least matching bitrate? Is foobar able to take exclusive use of the soundcard? What was the EAC export rate settings on the CD? Cool comparison video. I just subscribed to Amazon Music to get HD/24bit and/or 192khz ranges... you can definitely tell the differnece when you set Amazon to take exclusive use of the soundcard. CDs are something else.

@bryantdirty2320 Жыл бұрын

Nice setup 😃

@WXMUSIC. 23 күн бұрын

What PC program????? Plis

@jimmyolsenschannel6263 Жыл бұрын

I bought the same CD player based on overwhelming reviews, and it truly is astounding. I'm normally a vinyl fan and have several superb turntables. Though it is very fairly priced (I payed less than 200 Euros), this is the first CD player I've heard that kan actually compete with analogue, though I do send it through a small home studio mixer that I use as pre amp and cut off just a pinch of the very top of the midrange frequencees to minimise CD harshness. I also have two different D/A converters, but with this player they are not only unnecessary, they actually degrade the sound from the player's analogue output. I really can't recommend it enough.

@paulhanlon5112 3 ай бұрын

Interesting....I'm looking at the 7030, I run ARCAM separates ..CD..Amp and Wharfedales...like the British smoothness...However my CD 192 Arcam has just thrown the toys out of the cot...it's lunch....asking....Does the ONKYO have that sort of smoothness character about it ?

@peterconstantino6651 Жыл бұрын

I always find these audio equipment videos bizarre. The cd sound is going through speakers into your video cam microphone (degradation in sound = 2 times right off the bat) then becomes a DIGITAL computer file like, with MP3 sound most likely, then played back from the KZbin website, into somebody's crappy laptop speakers.

@cs.studios Жыл бұрын

I always record my A/B comparison using external mic to an interface not video cam mic. It’s recorded uncompressed WAV then edited into AAC in the video. Yes it gets compressed, but as you can probably tell even on a modern iPhone you can tell there’s a difference. The better speakers/headphones you use the easier it will be noticeable. I’ve found these type of videos useful in the past so I made them hoping it would help someone the same way it had helped me comparing speakers

@Zimmy_1981 Жыл бұрын

Goood video, friend. I enjoyed it, that room is awesome af, congratulations. I hear u wrt the carousel vs single disc, im still deciding as I'd like to have more than one disc play withought the hassle of removing each time one is completed or I heard whatever track on that disc. I feel u wrtt having internet / booting up pc / tv jiustto hear or listen to good quality music, analog from the CD 💿 player sounds more full (more bass especially) compared to FLAC. The external mike recording helped, too.

@danemoreno88 Жыл бұрын

I recently got a parasound avc-2500 audio video controller along with my power amp and would love to use its analog dacs and was looking at onkyo cd players like the one you got hooked up to my rz50 to see if it’s superior to my Panasonic ub820for playing cds

@cs.studios Жыл бұрын

Let me know how it sounds. I’m getting a tube amplifier and some Cornwall speakers next and can’t wait to see how it sounds

@danemoreno88 Жыл бұрын

@@cs.studios definitely will do that I am picking it up tomorrow and will test it out another person I asked said separates should sound better having a dedicated cd player vs a 4K blu ray player I’ll test out both and see I hear good things about tube amps they are mostly class a

@danemoreno88 Жыл бұрын

@@cs.studios I returned the onkyo cd player after testing it against my Panasonic 820 the panny sounds better due to a better dac inside and the high clarity sound settings that turns off everything while playing cds

@iammeandwhatiseeisyou Жыл бұрын

I am surprised to hear the difference even when playing through the phone speakers! 😂

@asklipieionvita8736 Жыл бұрын

Hello.How is the sound of this cd player? Treble is soft, neutral or harsh?The bass is deep or just adequate?Is it warm sounding in general or cool sounding?

@cs.studios Жыл бұрын

Sound is good, very balanced. Not harsh and bass is good.

@sprkzz.9759 Жыл бұрын

Hey i need some help with my laptop. I got the area 51m and i just tried downloading the 200w bios but it tells me it’s no longer available. How can i get it?

@cs.studios Жыл бұрын

Try looking up on google, I think there was a mirror somewhere

@PerSkeles 7 ай бұрын

One of the few cd players to have heaphone output.

@jordanrussell345 6 ай бұрын

Lots of old ones do. Most modern ones don't, yes.

@atharvagameing829 7 ай бұрын

The art is very funny 😂😂

@Zimmy_1981 Жыл бұрын

Hello buddy, not tobe rude or anything but having that many items ontop the AVR is a bad idea. No disrespect. Great setup and room. Has the man cave vibes, I love it. Congrats

@cs.studios Жыл бұрын

I’ve since moved and redone the setup. It’s all clear now

@Zimmy_1981 Жыл бұрын

@cs.studios awesome, would love to see a video on it 😀

@bryansteele832 Жыл бұрын

what is the box with the blue light?

@cs.studios Жыл бұрын

Onkyo M-5010 power amplifier

@Pidalin 4 ай бұрын

Yes and no. Yes for playing old CDs, no for playing today terrible releases with loudness war. Today time is ridiculous, you buy CDs and pay streaming services, but if you want better quality with no loudness war, you have to buy vinyl, then rip it and then burn it on CD if you want to play it as CD. Original CDs sound terrible in these days. Another thing I noticed is that old CD players and discmans are much better, you insert CD, press play and it plays in like 2 seconds and it can play even very damaged CDs, it just skips errors. Modern CD players are much slower and can't play damaged CDs for some reason, it just works or it doesn't work at all. I recently bought an old Sony discman from 1988 just for fun and I am shocked!!! Not by audio quality, it's just discman, but by that I put CD there, press play and it immediatelly starts playing, like immediatelly, there is NO delay, it's magic!!! Old audio devices are much better. I am using blu-ray player for playing CDs, I know it's not literally hi-fi thing, but it's connected digitally to good Yamaha amplifier, so it should be ok. Comfort of playing is not that great as with classic CD player, but it works and I don't need extra standalone CD player just for music.