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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
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Posted: Thu Sep 27 13:05:17 1984
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Organization: Resonex Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
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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.