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Re: I respectfully disagree

Posted by BC on March 28, 1999 at 13:49:09:
If I understand your argument, you seem to imply that at the very high end of audio, you would notice a difference between a low price cd player and a high price cd player. You use the Ferrari analogy for the extreme high end of audio and the Yugo analogy for the low end of audio with the studded snow tire analogy for the low price cd player. You say that the snow tire might not be noticed on the Yugo but that with the Ferrari the difference would be apparent. Let me suggest that this is not an acceptable analogy. A cd player is simply a device that extracts digital data. It either grabs those ones and twos or it doesn't. There are people that will argue the relative merits of the DAC's a CD player uses but they're splitting hairs. I've owned and compared at least six cd players, four of which I've run through the same preamp/amp/speakers. I've compared them with digital and analog interconnects. I notice NO difference. I urge you to try for yourself. Take a cheap but fully functional cd player and listen to it side by side with any other cd player. Make sure you match levels as best as you can. Try to be as objective as possible. It's hard to be objective when you might have hundreds or thousands tied up in your cd player, but try. I think you'll see my point. Speakers and room placement - this is where you'll see the most gain.