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From: rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Take the CD challenge!
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 22:01:24 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  9 22:01:24 1985
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If you really have been following net.audio you will have observed that
the most carefully controlled A-B testing done so far has failed to detect
any difference at all (sonically) between two representative first
generation designs, the much maligned Sony CDP-101 and the much praised
Magnavox (Phillips)...something or other. The last such comparison,
fully described on the net as to equipment, test procedure and environment,
and material failed to draw a single flame until 3 0r 4 months later when
one of the golden ears made a few remarks (including criticism of the
material which he had forgotten he had chosen himself).
There is,therefore, some reason to suspect that audible differences
between units are somewhat exaggerated (i.e., mostly BS). However, this
is not yet proven. Far from it. In fact, it is theoretically impossible
to prove such a position.
There  obvious differences between units in such things as control
flexibility, structural integrity, convenience features, etc.
We hope soon to conduct another careful A-B test with different
equipment and involving a comparison of first and second generation
machines.
In the meantime, enjoy, enjoy.

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"It's the thought, if any, that counts!"  Dick Grantges  hound!rfg