Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!ark From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: CD player differences Message-ID: <4138@alice.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 11:09:53 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.4138 Posted: Tue Aug 13 11:09:53 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 14:20:09 EDT References: <4934@allegra.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 10 > I appreciate the necessity of carefully controlled experiments, but > you have to take it as you find it when shopping. It seems to be > pretty clear that a small difference in loudness makes a difference > in the percieved quality. But, what about things like imaging? > When I compared an NAD with a Mission cd player - at roughly the > same volume - the imaging was quite different. The singer was on > the floor with the NAD and standing up with the Mission. Can that > be a function of a slight difference in loudness? Yes.