Anything from Telarc w/ Erich Kunzel really.

I download from deezer with deemix.

Sounds like bullshit to me.

I dont know any software that can rip apple lossless as their encryption is quite good on those.

Here’s a great ressource https://rentry.org/firehawk52

You would need to ajust the laser power on that CD drive. Also, if the noise seems like a thing rubbing on another, you may want to open it and realign the CD clamp.

My dream hifi is still a full ES stack in black aluminium+woodgrain finish.

Basically this guy’s room https://youtu.be/qF_56ae-eEw?si=0Z96TVy3dXUvynrW

I would buy a remote house with a dedicated room for that price and keep my current speakers.

Some…

Whenever that happens, I just put +5 db on my sub and the issue is fixed.

High DR is fun as heck IMO.

I like dsd because many were released with multichannel mixes.

Beyond that, ignoring the care that was put into mastering dsd releases, the format just eats gobs of space and doesnt really sound much better than formats like CDDA to me.