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From: david@daisy.UUCP (David Schachter)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Take the CD challenge!
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 06:58:52 EDT
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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.