Keith G wrote:

OK, this is good.

I have set up the Marantz *tweaked* CDP (£500 new**, apparently) on my
recently-acquired Argos POS stack (where the CD player cost nobbut 70 quid,

With a stark, clear, intimate female vocal/acoustic backing (Regina Lund
'Unique') CD on my *crystal clear* and very revealing Pinkies (Firewood
Horns with Fostex FE103E fullrange drivers) I ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT SPLIT
THEM!!

To me they sound about as *identical* as you could get!! Treble, bass,
background detail (of which there is plenty), 'recording noise' &c. - the
whole works!

Nothing controversial there. It would cost manufacturers more if they were
to make cheap players sound worse than expensive ones.

....but as luck would have it, the piano tuner's due here sometime between 1
and 2 o' clock.

Could you ask him if he still tunes to 440Hz for A or has moved on to the
European standard of 442Hz?

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Eiron

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