"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:45:29 +0100, Eiron wrote:

Nope, the last *significant* improvement in CD quality happened around
1990, when 'bitstream' converters came in. A cheap modern Technics CD
player is very close to sounding as good as anything you can buy at
any price.

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

I have a cheap modern Technics CD player (2002) which is
vastly improved by the addition of a Meridian 203 DAC. In
fact I have two such setups which I consider superior to my
Marantz 6000 CD player. An additional bonus is that the
Technics will play any CD-R's without quibble whereas the
Marantz is very picky.

No wonder you can't hear the difference between cables, Stew :-)

Alan