"MINe 109" wrote in message
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MINe 109 wrote:

I think my Arcam CD23 FMJ sounds better than my AMC CD8b, although I
ascribe the difference to design, not to magic or "more money." Am I
wrong?

You might be. What part of the latter's design do you think is subpar,
and how do you know that it is sufficiently subpar to be audible?

I'd have to be a designer or engineer to make that kind of analysis. The
Arcam has a more advanced DAC and a heftier power supply, plus it's in a
silver box instead of a brown one.

And while we're at it, how do you know you aren't just imaging a
difference between them? Happens all the time.

Frequency response is likely different. Hearing "Elephant Talk" on the
AMC was akin to hearing a completely different mix.


In general the newer Arcams seem to have a "house sound" that favors a wide
soundstage, bright and clear transparency, extended bass, but a slightly
lean mid-bass. This sets them slightly apart from most CD players that
sound a bit "darker". Why this is so I do not know.

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"Harry Lavo" wrote:

"MINe 109" wrote in message
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In article , wrote:

MINe 109 wrote:

I think my Arcam CD23 FMJ sounds better than my AMC CD8b, although I
ascribe the difference to design, not to magic or "more money." Am I
wrong?

You might be. What part of the latter's design do you think is subpar,
and how do you know that it is sufficiently subpar to be audible?

I'd have to be a designer or engineer to make that kind of analysis. The
Arcam has a more advanced DAC and a heftier power supply, plus it's in a
silver box instead of a brown one.

And while we're at it, how do you know you aren't just imaging a
difference between them? Happens all the time.

Frequency response is likely different. Hearing "Elephant Talk" on the
AMC was akin to hearing a completely different mix.


In general the newer Arcams seem to have a "house sound" that favors a wide
soundstage, bright and clear transparency, extended bass, but a slightly
lean mid-bass. This sets them slightly apart from most CD players that
sound a bit "darker". Why this is so I do not know.

The AMC had more "whomp" in the mid-bass, but generally seemed more shut
in and less transparent. I wonder if leanness in one and a bump in the
other coincided to make for a bigger seeming difference.

Stephen