Keith G wrote:
"Eiron" wrote in message
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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.



I beg to differ.

Note the word *tweaked* above - *if* the CDPs do sound the same (haven't had
the chance to get the choona to listen yet) then it implies that the
redoubtable Ken Ishiwata has got to *work* on a Marantz to get it sound as
good as an Argos cheapo CDP!! (Not to mention all those bloody copper
rivets!) Unless, of course, the standard of CDPs was significantly lower
when the Marantz was made!! (??)



Just to be picky.

There are at least two others potential implications.

1. the CDP sounded the same before it was tweeked and the changes were
for marketing reasons instead of the sound.

2. the differences are not revealed by your setup.

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Nick