"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:25:57 +1000, "Trevor Wilson"
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"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:44:29 +1000, "Trevor Wilson"
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* Dump the muting transistors. Use nothing, or relays.
* Dump the output ICs and use something decent.
* Dump the series resistors after the output ICs.

Those actions will bring your Pie-in-ear up the level of a Rotel RCD951.

How about dumping your idiotic opinions? Indeed, how about actually
*listening*, instead of just banging on?

**No need. The output stage of the Pie-in-ear is the same as that used in
a
thousand other cheap DVD players.

Yup, and it gives 100dB dynamic range and less than 0.002% distortion
in most of them...............

They all benefit from rudimentary mods.

Bull****, this is old-fashioned audiophile tweakery with no proven
*audible* improvement.

**After you perform the mods, let me know.


And, to answer your next question, I have done the obligatory blind tests.
The results were a very convincing 100%. Not subtle at all.

Not on a Pioneer 575, or any equivelent modern player, you haven't.

**Yes, I have.


You're the kind of guy who thinks that a 'well-engineered' amplifier
is some 300-watt tubed monobloc monster. Oh, wait a minute....... :-)

**Nope. Not even close. I prefer my amps with the following specs (at a
minimum):

Frequency response - DC - 100kHz. +/- 0.1dB
THD - 0.05% 20Hz - 20kHz
IMD - 0.05%
Damping factor - 100 (20Hz - 20kHz)
Etc


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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au