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+title = "Audio gear: my new old CD player"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-05-18T20:13:00+02:00
+categories = ["blog"]
+draft = false
+weight = 2001
+abstract = "I've added archive of User Friendly comic to the site."
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+I've been [tooting](https://emacs.ch/@mms) my recent CD purchase journey.
+I love music and I want to listen to it on my own terms.
+The superiority of CDs is a subject for a different occasion, but know that I consider it a fact.
+
+I've bought the CD, ripped it to flack and listened to it from computer[^fn:1].
+But, I thought, why not listen to the disc in its natural habitant?
+And so my journey has a side quest: an old-school stereo system.
+
+I decided to go with the inventors of CDs, Sony.
+Luckily, since all the kids out there use their phones, used gear became very affordable.
+And therefore I became a proud owner of a Sony CDP-987.
+
+I'm old enough to had been an owner of a stereo system, but those were _mini_ systems.
+This is 40 cm wide monster.
+The first time I opened the box I almost cursed at this cow.
+It looks comical, as I have connected my Ruard MR-1 **desk** speakers.
+But hey, they play nice for their size and allow for toslink input.
+This allows me to delay purchase of an amp.
+
+CDR-897 is a unit from 1992.
+It's 32 years old, and it works flawlessly.
+All buttons work, CD reading is spot on, audio it generates through all outputs is clear.
+It even came with a full service manual, which till this can day can be easily found on the web.
+Nowadays not many things exist after 5 years of purchase, and here I am.
+Just another happy owner in the 30-year history of this player.
+
+I got what wanted, but two things shocked me.
+
+Real buttons.
+I know that I dislike touch screens, but I never knew how much.
+Having a real button alone is worth the price of admission (here, about 100USD).
+I love touching them, my 5yo son loves pressing them and my wife can finally turn it off without fighting with a phone.
+We lost so much.
+
+The second thing is the speed.
+This is a Speedy Gonazalez.
+I can open a CD box, turn it on, insert the disk and start playing faster than I would be able to use _Spotify_.
+This is a single purpose device and it excels.
+
+{{< img-c "audio-may-2024.jpg" >}}
+Huge player, tiny speakers, pretentious selection of music.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+[^fn:1]: Recently released [listen.el](https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/doc/listen/listen.html) made it much nicer.