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Article #325Re: Any Sony CD Guru out there?
From: EddieM
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:38
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:38
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> Stewart Pinkerton wrote >> EddieM wrote: >>> Stewart Pinkerton 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. I was wondering what exactly were you talking about when you said you did a *listening* test as you had mentioned above. You said that you did a *level-matched* blind listening test among the 3 players and that towards the end, you concluded that all 3 sounded the same. So I wonder how you carried out your test. Did you listen separately or did you made an active comparison using a switch during the test? And how would a person go about concluding with reasonable expectation that all three players will sound identical without having made an active comparison > -- > > Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
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