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From: mike@brl-tgr.ARPA (Michael John Muuss <mike>)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: $$ for CD players
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Date: Tue, 6-Nov-84 15:30:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  6 15:30:08 1984
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Well, I spent $1300 for my NEC 803 CD player.
It has been worth every penny.

I selected the NEC by auditioning every CD player I could find
in Maryland and New York city, and the sound was clearly superior
to EVERY OTHER player at the time (last Christmas).
As it cost less than my turntable, I considered it a bargain.

The secret:  the 4x digital sample replication, with digital
filtering, and running the DACs at 176.4 Khz, enabling the use
of minimal analog low-pass filtering, resulting in no significant
phase distortion or high end "hash".

Other players (Yamaha, Revox) have started doing 2x sample replication,
with good results, but so far nothing compares to the NEC.

You get what you pay for.
	-Mike Muuss
	 <Mike@BRL>
	 decvax!brl-bmd!mike