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From: whizzo@mit-eddie.UUCP (David Hardy)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Take the CD challenge!
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 10:15:11 EDT
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This is in general response to the slew of messages on which CD player is 
better than the next.  I've been reading this with some interest for some 
time now, but do have some doubts about it all.

I own (gee, do I dare say this in this group) a Technics SL-P7 CD player.  So
do a couple of my friends.  This machine produces the best sound that I have
ever heard, and at least one of my friends can attest to that also.  The other
one I never asked about it.  Not to say that EVERY disc sounds phenomenal, 
but generally the ones that don't I heard don't sound good on any player.  

So, from the idea I get from some of the postings here, this is not a
particularly good CD player.  If there is such a difference between machines,
what would I hear if I had a "good" one?

Are my ears shot from listening to lots of loud music?  What benefits would I
receive if I were to upgrade the CD player?  Would it make lousy disks sound
great?  Are my Walkman batteries interfering with my musical judgement? :-)
Does anyone agree with this, or are we on an isolated island in a world filled
with oversampling and digital filtering?
 
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