"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote


Nah - the real fun would be to get hold of a bog-standard CD-63 and
see if you can tell the difference between that and your KI Signature
version. I know where I'd place *my* bet........


I was mulling all this over while grasscutting just now and it dawned on me
that I had to hack the Marantz' 'volume' back quite a way to match the Argos
cheepy for 'sound level' (which was done almost *perfectly*) - almost to
half way. (I can check this again later.) It kinda confirms my suspicions
that *tweaks* almost invariably seem to increase output voltages (and
resulting sound levels) and I suspect the standard and KI versions would
measure differently.

(After all, *louder* sounds better, don't it....??)

Then there's the copper screws (not rivets, as previously stated).....



Like you say, once you're past about 1990 and about 100 squids,
there's no audible difference until you get to the 'high end' stuff


Don't forget the comparison here is with a brand new 70 quid player!


which is actually tweaked to *degrade* the sound quality!
Interestingly, those guys always claim that their knackered and
hideously expensive players sound 'more like analogue'..... :-)


:-)

I'm sure they would claim they lengthened your lifespan/John Thomas (??) if
they thought they could get away with it!! The interesting thing would be to
see the magazine scribblers pick up the idea and run off with it!!