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From: ira@comsat1.UUCP (Ira Blumberg)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Sony CDP 605 CD Player
Message-ID: <116@comsat1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 10:21:34 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 16 10:21:34 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jul-85 05:07:50 EDT
Organization: COMSAT Corp., Washington, D. C.
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I just read the Audio Magazine review of the new sony CDP 605 CD
player.  This unit seems to combine everything that anyone could
want.  It can access any portion of the disk in less than 1 second
and is programmable for up to 99 different selections. It has remote
control and every other convenience feature that I can think of.

On the audio side it has the flattest frequency response that I (and
Audio Mag) have ever seen.  It has among the lowest distortion and
greatest channel separation also.  There is almost no phase shift
and the square waves looked squarer than any others.  It was implied
that Sony uses separate D to A electronics for each channel.

This all seems too good to be true (except for the $1300 price).
This machine combines great convenience with the best sound around.
Does anyone out there in net land know any reason not to start
saving my pennies for this new toy?


From postnews Tue Jul 16 10:16:35 1985
Subject: CD Players and D/A and Filtering
Newsgroups: net.audio


Sorry if this is a bit late in reply, but we have had some computer
problems here.

1) Unless Audio Mag was in error, the model number of the Sony CD
player is 650ES (I know its nit picking bu so what).

2) I have been away from the net for about 1.5 years but when last I
was listening to this group phase shift was a very big issue.  I
still think that it is something to be considered.  As far as I know
only the 650ES uses 2 sets of decoders so there is no phase shift
introduced by multiplexing one set of decoders.  That was one of the
main reasons I was interested in the 650 over the other Sony models.