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Article #358Re: Any Sony CD Guru out there?
From: Adam F
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 21:40
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 21:40
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"EddieM" <eddie.g.m04@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:LNNAe.1562$mN1.306@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com... > >> 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? > > > Er...suppose he might have been talking about matching with a spirit level and feeling around the faceplates. //Adam F
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