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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: Re: Spring cleaning Preamps (actually CD vs LP)
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Date: Thu, 30-May-85 19:46:58 EDT
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> Sorry. The best LP player may sound a little better than your average
> run-of-the-mill turntable, but it is still a far cry from even the
> cheapest CD player (assuming the CDs aren't too dirty...early cheap
> models had lousy error correction.)
> 
> It's a simple, provable, measurable fact.
> 
It's also simply and provably wrong.  My SLP-7 cheapo one dac $230 CD
player does not play somethings as well as my $250 turntable/microaccoustics
cartridge combination.  There are errors that occur with the relatively low
sample rates and cruddy analog filters in these DECs.  I still love them.
The S/N is tremendous, and the media beats anything yet designed for audio.
The MAGNAVOX and the other hypersamplers do better, but there are still times
when the reproduced signal isn't right.

What digital does allow you do to is get good stuff, without a lot of
craftsman ship.  The best turntables cost a lot because there is a lot
of precision of manufacturing to get them to be stable.  A CD just uses
a crystal oscillator.   This is the same revolution that has brought watch
prices down to nothing.  That's why the Meridian (perhaps one of the best
CD players on the market) starts with a $300 CD player.  The analog part
is the expense in this area.

-Ron