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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: CD players
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Date: Thu, 30-May-85 19:52:31 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 30 19:52:31 1985
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> when you know what is and isn't being done to each element, that then
> all the CD players, or most of them , sound alike.

BULL!  The difference between my original cheapie slp-7 and my neighbors
4x sampling player was very apparent on certain pieces.  Just a few days
ago we got together three CD players:

	NEC (4x Oversampling, one of the early models)....$1400
	Technics SLP-7 (we have about eight bought when they price
		plummetted to $300)			  $ 300
	Meridian (2x oversampling, MAGNAVOX with souped up analog
		circuit)				  $ 600

Each one of these DEC's sounds different.  Noticeably the TECHNICS
has a brighter EQ than the Meridian, which is also different than
the NEC.

While in therory, all the digital sound should be the same, the diffence
in the output filtering and analog stages of each manufacturer makes
CD's far from being identical.

-Ron