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From: ytl@misty.Philips.Com (Ying Tat Leung)
Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end
Subject: Re: bitstream CD players
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Date: 12 Jul 90 20:39:26 GMT
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In article <4965@uwm.edu> jeh@dcs.simpact.com writes:
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>I find it quite amusing that SR would publish such a statement, as they've long
>held to the "if it measures the same it must sound the same" credo.  And, of
>course, all CD players measure the same, or at least close enough that we
>shouldn't (by this thinking) be able to hear the difference.  
>
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>	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Simpact Associates, San Diego CA

Actually Stereo Review's (SR) Julian Hirsh (who performs virtually all
equipment tests for SR) has repeatedly stated in his equipment reports
that technical measurements may not directly correlate with the
perceived sound quality, although at this time we (or he) do not
understand why that is so.  Of course, one may then ask why he always
does tons of measurements with a product, but that is a different
story.

On a different topic, would someone post the 800 phone number for Icon
Acoustics again?  I got a wrong number last time.  Thanks.