On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 01:53:03 -0700, Steven Sullivan wrote
(in article ):
Kalman Rubinson wrote:
On 24 May 2009 22:05:01 GMT, Andrew Barss
wrote:
Peter wrote:
On Wed, 20 May 2009 11:07:08 -0700, wrote
(in article ):
On Apr 18, 4:27 pm, "Peter"
wrote:
I wonder if anyone has had an opportunity to audition this new Sony CD
player, especially with standard "Redbook" CDs? According to some of the
reviews it is supposed to be outstandingly good.
Based on Mr. Rubinson's recommendation, I ordered one of these CD players
at
a local Sony Style store, and unfortunately I must report that I cannot
share his enthusiasm because compared to my Cambridge Azur 840C CD
player,
the Sony to my ears seemed more "closed in" with less highs than the
Azur,
even after a week of continual burn-in.
Two questions:
a) how can a non-defective CD player not transmit all the highs
(and lows) present on the digital signal on the disc? Is there a filter
in there someplace?
b) How could burning it in/breaking it in improve this? It's a
digital device, not a pair of shoes!
There are subtle differences in tonal balance among players via their
analog outputs which can be magnified depending on the systems in
which they are used.
Has this been demonstrated with anyting other than reviewer ears?
Have Stereophile measurements of analog output, for example, generally shown
FR or other variations that would likely be audible on various
systems, and if so, which systems?
I do not think that Peter was implying that
certain frequencies were actually "lost." Some of us emphasize these
differences in discussion, disproportionate to their real magnitude.
Some of us suspect they likely weren't *really* audible in the first place,
except for easily-corrected overall level mismatches.
My Sony SCD-XA777ES SACD players has several "filter" positions for Redbook
playback. I can guarantee you that as one switches through them, they each
sound different -mostly in the upper midrange and treble. So, depending on
what the manufacturer decides to do, CD players CAN sound quite different.
Also, I suspect, that without any kind of filter, all of them would sound
pretty much the same.