Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site daisy.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!hplabs!nsc!daisy!david From: david@daisy.UUCP (David Schachter) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Take the CD challenge! Message-ID: <119@daisy.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 06:58:52 EDT Article-I.D.: daisy.119 Posted: Fri Aug 9 06:58:52 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 07:46:57 EDT References: <3339@decwrl.UUCP> <436@petrus.UUCP> <1295@houxm.UUCP> <1029@ulysses.UUCP> <2362@amdcad.UUCP> <1287@hound.UUCP> Reply-To: david@daisy.UUCP (David Schachter) Organization: Daisy Systems Corp., Mountain View, Ca Lines: 15 Here's another data point for the graph: A friend of mine has a Nakamichi CD player he bought a month ago for $1300. I have a Sony D-5 for which I paid $280. We did some simple comparisons, not double-blind, with levels matched by ear-- very crude. We were both hoping to hear the $1300 deck sound better than the D-5. We failed. My friend is not happy. Somehow, he thinks the programmability and the remote control on the Nakamichi is not worth an extra $1000 for him. Perhaps the Nakamichi produces better sound than the D-5 but it is not relevant: we can't hear the difference. To quote Mr. Spock: "A difference which makes no difference is no difference." I make no claims as to accuracy so send flames to the bitbucket. Thanks.