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Re: Re: New 1-bit CD Machines

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From: Edward McClanahan
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 01:39
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> (Technics has at least two players out now with 1-bit converters (the
> something-220 and -550), but their front panels claim 18-bit conversion
> with quad converters...)  

I read that the new Sony D-555 (their top-of-the-line portable CD player)
also has a 1-bit D/A converter even though a label on the outside indicates
either 4x or 8x oversampling.  Given the conclusions of earlier posters (that
256x oversampling is called for), I hope this label is pure hogwash!

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  Edward McClanahan
  Hewlett Packard Company
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From: edwardm@hpcuhc.HP.COM (Edward McClanahan)
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Subject: Re: Re: New 1-bit CD Machines
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