Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site vice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekcrl!vice!shauns From: shauns@vice.UUCP (Shaun Simpkins) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Sony CDP 605 CD Player Message-ID: <131@vice.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 14:40:07 EDT Article-I.D.: vice.131 Posted: Tue Jul 9 14:40:07 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 03:44:48 EDT References: <114@comsat1.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 37 > 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. > > 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? Consider the Sony CDP 520ES for 1/2 the price. Same drive, no front panel random access track/index selection (but available on the remote), same 2x oversampling, only one DAC, but according to High Performance Review, an absolute knockout. When tested against the Meridian player and the old Sony CDP-701ES, the reviewer claimed that bass definition, imaging, and soundstage depth were far better than either, and that the much taked about 'harshness' of earlier players was gone. In fact, for the first time in ANY snob review magazine I can think of, the CDP520ES was placed on a par with an equivalent $600 turntable/cartridge. What significance you place on these reviews is up to you, but every audio magazine I have read of late lionizes all of the new Sony line, from the CDP102 on up. And, if you don't want to spend $600 for a 520ES, consider its semi-snob cousin, the 302 for $100 less. Same everything as the 520ES but just not as "cherry picked" and available mail order for $380-$400. The problem is finding one in stock, since Sony didn't gear up for the initial demand and is 2-3 months backordered. I've listened, I like, and have a 520ES on order simply 'cause I'm a yuppie and am willing to pay another $100 for an additional 218ES on the front panel. The wandering squash, -- Shaun Simpkins uucp: {ucbvax,decvax,chico,pur-ee,cbosg,ihnss}!teklabs!tekcad!vice!shauns CSnet: shauns@tek ARPAnet:shauns.tek@rand-relay