VOTE: Do CD Players make The LEAST Difference In Sound Quality ?

are cables part of the comparison ?

For Mumbai Forum Members;
I can play different CD Players & demonstrate the differance that 'source' makes to the final result;
Any or all are welcome to listen !
I may have 3 players currently connected - people are welcome to get some more of their choice to hear the differance;;

Having been fortunate to have heard 2 of these 3 CD players, I can vouch that there IS a difference...

bhagwan69 schrieb:

For Mumbai Forum Members; I can play different CD Players & demonstrate the differance that 'source' makes to the final result; Any or all are welcome to listen ! I may have 3 players currently connected - people are welcome to get some more of their choice to hear the differance;;

Is the Camelot one of them?

I disagree. It is as important as any other equipment in the chain.

This is especially true, when you are building a system with a pre-determined notion of "what it should sound like"...specifically with reference to musical notes and associated harmonics (NOT in terms "mids", "bass", etc.,etc.,).

In many budget systems that above may not be an objective...because the challenge would be to get the "basics" right.

Once you reach a level where you can - take for granted that the "basics" are satisfied..and move towards higher goals (like mentioned in the second para)....this is when CD player becomes a very critical part.

Regards
Siva.

Guys, I may not have conveyed what the article writer wanted to convey ( Or Did I ? )

Please read the article at :



http://rapidshare.com/files/106941513/The_Last_CD_Player.pdf.html


Please copy and paste the link as a sgle line in yr web browser.

Its a 1.5 MB pdf file.

Let me know yr thoughts AFTER reading the piece..

Thanks for your time.

A Very nice read, and very nicely and pragmatically written ..thanks for sharing !

my experience is also quite similiar ie the source does make a difference but in a very subtle way.
But again it may not be apparent but it is quite perceivable ... eg One source can sound good but give you a headache while another may not sound as great as the earlier but you can live with for a very long time !!

but of course the rest of the chain must be "clear" enough to reveal these differences. have got a chance to A/B a couple of other CDPs/Dac with my Reimyo and I must say the difference are pretty apparent to all who were listening although i would not even want to venture over which is "better" as the differences are in the presentation and there is no way of finding out which is " more right " ! (also they all sound very good to me )

I have converted that article to text form for greater convenience/handier reference and have uploaded it below:

http://rapidshare.com/files/106982964/tlcdp.zip.html
(only 6kb)

It was too big to paste here (2,678 words).

soulforged schrieb:

bhagwan69 schrieb: For Mumbai Forum Members; I can play different CD Players & demonstrate the differance that 'source' makes to the final result; Any or all are welcome to listen ! I may have 3 players currently connected - people are welcome to get some more of their choice to hear the differance;; Is the Camelot one of them?

No Sir !

That was sold by me for a 'song' 2 years back. It was a wonderful 4 box CD Playback system with cables included. Pre Amplifier too. A close friend now has it in is rack.
I changed 4 CD Players there after.

Only 15 votes so far? Who is abstaining?

Thats a lot sir !!
We are not more than 20 members on this forum.
This is not hifivision;;; [sorry Manek] !!!
No Sound Smith is backing us here !!!


If you cross 1000 post's 'there' then you get a special deal from 'sound smith' [so I have heard] !!!!

LOL! Really?? And they keep insisting its a private forum. Haha! Man, that sounds desperate. Some good equipment on sale there, BTW. Not so sure about the prices!

50-50...amp_nut you should have just tossed a coin or introduced a third option

as of now...my vote tips the balance

soulforged ... you have the Last Word !

There could not have been a better result to this...

Almost everyone participated and shared their opinions.

That was my intention, not to pass judgement, but to have a stimulating discussion.

THANKS Once Again, to you ALL

I think CDP makes a difference but with modern players the difference is not very much noticable.

manz_blr schrieb:

I think CDP makes a difference but with modern players the difference is not very much noticable.

Interesting point of view !!!

manz_blr schrieb:

I think CDP makes a difference but with modern players the difference is not very much noticable.

A CD Player consists of the following logical parts

-> Transport : Itself consisting of multiple components and several parts of mechanial importance

-> Mode of transmission from transport to DAC circuitry : There are so many complications here....isolation transformers, Receivers, reclocking, ....blah blah

-> the filter before it goes to DAC .. reduce jitter, oversampling/upsampling, blah blah

-> DAC

-> I/V Conversion (depending on the DAC)..not required DAC with voltage o/p

-> Amplification/Buffer stage

All the above mentioned are logical parts. The physical implementation involves many more complexities of its own ... each and every soldering point has an implication.


More u dig, the deeper u are in trouble

There is nothing called "modern" cd player. Bloody PCM is about quarter century old !!!