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So, in terms of sound quality, there’s no reason not to use it. And, as I’ll explain later, lossless compression delivers identical sound to playing a CD. But you don’t have to use any compression. And this has generally given all compression a bad name among many audiophiles.

COMPRESSION SOUNDS BAD: Lossy compression such as MP3 and AAC has often been done poorly, at substandard bitrates, etc.

And there are countless iPod docks including many high-end ones. There are also a lot of network music and media players including several from high-end companies. There a probably hundreds of DACs, from $30 to $30,000, that have USB jacks on them and can connect to any computer-PC or Mac.

LACK OF HIGH-END HARDWARE: While the choices were slim many years ago they’re fairly plentiful today.

You can get the exact same analog output from a DAC if they’re played from a CD transport, your PC’s hard drive, or beamed from outer space via satellite. A well designed DAC doesn’t care where the bits come from. Even taking jitter into account, there’s no reason playing a file off a hard drive cannot sound every bit as good as the same data played off a CD transport. But hardware has been available for over a decade that’s capable of delivering the exact same bitstream as a CD transport to the same expensive audiophile-approved DACs.

SOUND QUALITY: Many audiophiles still fussing with little silver discs will tell you it’s because they sound better than other forms of digital playback.

If so many people are still doing it, they must have some good reasons, right? Let’s look a half dozen of the reasons: WHY DO AUDIOPHILES KEEP PLAYING CDs? It’s work to store, organize, play, put away, and generally pamper those little silver discs.

But, oddly, audiophiles seem way more likely to still play their actual CDs. And the ones sold often get ripped and sold again. They were ripped on a computer long ago and boxed up in a closet or sold.

Granted there are lots of CDs in circulation, but increasingly, few are playing them anymore. THE LAST OF THE DINOSAURS: While players that only play CDs have all but disappeared from mainstream stores, there are still lots of audiophile offerings and even some new models. Digital music files became my primary source 8 years ago when FLAC lossless compression was released. And the few that are readily accessible are either awaiting their turn to be ripped or used for for test purposes. All but a few, however, are safely packed away (mostly to keep the RIAA happy should they ever knock on my door). So why do many hardcore audiophiles still cling to ancient formats? I’ll leave the Great Vinyl Debate for another article, but what’s the best digital format for audio playback? CD? SACD? FLAC? Apple? Dolby TrueHD?ĬOMPACT DISCS: I don’t have anything against CDs-I own about 6000 of them. INTRO: Pick up an audiophile magazine in 2011 and you’re likely to find reviews of equipment for playing vinyl LP’s dating back to the 1940’s and the Compact Disc from the early 1980’s.