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!dsj From: dsj@alice.UUCP (David S. Johnson) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Mission CD Players shortcomings Message-ID: <4175@alice.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 22:19:21 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.4175 Posted: Sun Aug 18 22:19:21 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 21:10:26 EDT Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 25 My earlier posting lost an initial first line, so I'm retransmitting. Iwas responding to Greg Paley's account of the differences he heard between Mission, Meridian, and Magnavox CD-players. A review of the Mission DAD7000 CD Player in the January 1985 issue of HI FI NEWS & RECORD REVIEWS (British) would seem to back up his subjective observation that the player did not have as good a bass response as the Meridian and the Magnavox. The measured response curve for the Mission, in contrast to all other CD curves I've seen, has a substantial roll-off of the bass starting at about 200 Hz: Down 2 dB at 50 and 5 at 20 Hz. There is also a 1/2 to 1 dB droop above 15 kHz, which might account for its being a tad less bright. The NEW version of the Mission (DAD7000R with remote control) apparently alleviates the bass problem (only down 1/2 dB at 20 kHz) although the droop above 15 kHz remains. This according to a review in the August 85 issue of the same magazine, which calls the improved version one of the best. (I haven't heard either player; I'm just reporting the reports, while staying firmly in the camp of those who say there ARE audible differences between CD players) David S. Johnson