Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site resonex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!resonex!tggsu From: tggsu@resonex.UUCP (Tom Gulvin Root) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: 14 CD players: subjective listening tests. Message-ID: <170@resonex.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 13:05:17 EDT Article-I.D.: resonex.170 Posted: Thu Sep 27 13:05:17 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 07:17:22 EDT References: <553@utastro.UUCP> Organization: Resonex Inc., Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 14 The tests listed in the article relied on (in most cases) the headphone jack in the player itself. I wouldn't trust that very much - all the players that I've tried (sony's, yamaha's and denon's) have terrible headphone amplifiers, along with most of the preamps tied to these players in dealers' systems. The only place I've found that had acceptable sound quality for headphones is the jack on the power amp itself (turn off the speakers!); using this, the major differences between players that I thought I heard vanished and I decided to keep my Phillips. Beware of any headphone jack in general - it may have a crapy amplifier. Gee - you would think that in this news group, of all places, people would consider all the items influencing the sound repoduction of a given product before condeming/praising them. Tom Gulvin - Resonex, Inc. - Sunnyvale, CA.