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Article #320Re: Any Sony CD Guru out there?
From: Stewart Pinkerton
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 06:24
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 06:24
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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:26:35 GMT, "EddieM" <eddie.g.m04@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Stewart Pinkerton" <patent3@dircon.co.uk> wrote >>> calcerise wrote: >> >> >> >>> Arny isn't too keen on actually listening to audio products, since >>> they should all sound the same according to tests. >> >> And indeed the good ones *do*, if we're talking about *listening* >> tests. I have a Sony CDP-715E, one of the best-performing players Sony >> ever made, although lacking the 'battleship' build of the XA7ES, I >> have access to a Meridian 588, probably the finest 'high tech' SOTA CD >> player on the planet, and I also own a Pioneer DV-575A 'universal' >> player that cost less than the quoted price of a new laser assembly >> for the XA7ES. In level-matched blind listening tests, these three >> players sound identical - as any reasonable person would expect. > > > >Any reasonable person would most likely also ask that ... when you >were performing a level-matched blind listening test among your >three cd players namely: > >1. Sony CDP-715E > >2. Meridian 588 > >3. Pioneer DV-575A > > >Were you also comparing their sounds from each other? I have no idea what that means. -- Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
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