Phil Allison wrote:
"Arny Krueger"
"Anton G˙sen"
What does it sound like and how does it compare to modern
CD players?
It sounds good enough all by itself.
** Sounds good compared to any CD player ever made.
In a close ABX test with certain program material and speakers you can
hear its two most potentially audible failings:
** In fact, they are almost never audible to anyone and in no way
constitute "failings".
(1) It uses analog filters whose response gets a little weird and
rolled-off above about 15 KHz.
** Arny should get an prize for his use of * purple prose* # .
Sony CDP101s have a FLAT response +0 / - 0.5 dB out to the limits of
audibility.
(2) It has only one DAC that is time shared between the two output
channels.
** It has one converter IC, but that IC is internally a stereo DAC.
The inter-channel delay is only 11.3 uS which is equal to 1/8 inch path
difference between ears and speakers. IOW non audible.
So, particularly if you have a center channel speaker driven by the two
channels summed, there is an additional roll-off above about 12 KHz that
is more audible.
** Complete ******** !!
Falsely assumes the machine is playing a MONO disk with L and R channels
*in perfect level and phase match* out to 20 kHz - something only
available from a test CD.
For casual listening with most speakers and music, its fine.
** For the *most serious of listening* with the best available speakers
( ie Quad ESL63s & subsequent models ) it is more than fine.
That is strange because Sony only considered it a medium quality
product, as the name indicates - 101 binary for 5 or 5 out of 10. If you
don't believe it check this link:-
http://www.sony.net/Fun/SH/1-20/h5.html
BTW you should know that a very high proportion of all CDP101s contained
....
** Note Arny's concealed use of the past tense.
The ICs concerned ( dual power op-amps ) all failed in the first year or two
of life - so any CDP101 still working has had them replaced long ago with
another type that simply does not have the problem.
# from Wiki:
" Purple prose is a term of literary criticism used to describe passages, or
sometimes entire literary works, written in prose so overly extravagant,
ornate, or flowery as to break the flow and draw attention to itself. Purple
prose is sensually evocative beyond the requirements of its context. It also
refers to writing that employs certain rhetorical effects such as
exaggerated sentiment or pathos in an attempt to manipulate a reader's
response. "
Arny does never informs - he manipulates.
...... Phil