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Re: Any Sony CD Guru out there?

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From: Stewart Pinkerton
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 06:13
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 04:37:46 GMT, "jeffc" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

>"Stewart Pinkerton" <patent3@dircon.co.uk> wrote in message 
>news:eqm6d1p2dotgtu1j7vhck3gie5t6sbs3qk@4ax.com...
>> In level-matched blind listening tests, these three
>> players sound identical - as any reasonable person would expect.
>
>It's true - any reasonable person would expect that you can't hear the 
>difference between any audio components. 

No they wouldn't, if they were also a knowledgeable person. Several of
the multi-kilobuck 'high-end' players are seriously broken, and really
do sound different. The YBA 'blue laser' and Audio Note DAC spring to
mind. Similarly for SET amps.
-- 

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
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From: Stewart Pinkerton <patent3@dircon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Any Sony CD Guru out there?
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