"Trevor Wilson"


I beleive that you may have things a little confused. There was a Sony
701 that was available in 1983, but it was the PCM-701, a digital
recorder. The CDP-701 came a year or more later.

**I am not confused.


** Permanently and congenitally ****ed in the head is more like the truth.

TW is a notorious audiophool and former hi-fi sales criminal with a
passionate aversion to the CDP101.

Who know why - who cares ....




I will state it once mo I attended the SYDNEY launch of the CDP-101
and CDP-701 in 1983.


** Totally impossible.

There was no such simultaneous product release.

The CDP101 predates other Sony models by around 12 months.

The first CDP101 sold in Sydney was by " Sydney Hi-Fi " in May 1983.

The second one sold by the same firm was to me.


It was the clearly and obviously the CDP-701 that I auditioned (along with
the CDP-101).


** The second Sony CD player model released in Sydney was the CDP501.



That is no doubt due to the usual problems with sales presentations as
opposed to proper listening tests. No level matching, no time synching,
no bias controls. In fact the CDP 701 did have a number of technical
refinements that did make it sound subtly different, as compared to the
CDP 101. The two can be distinguished in a blind test with certain
recordings. I've heard the difference along with about 2 dozen other
people, and we all agree that it is slight.

**I'm pleased you agree that the difference is audible. It was certainly
audible to myself and a friend who attended the event with me.


** That is a MASSIVE ****ing lie.

TW can and DOES makes up any damn stupid thing he likes and then claims it
to be true with ZERO evidence - cos he has none.

TW is a notorious audiophool and former hi-fi sales criminal with a
passionate aversion to the CDP101.

Who know why - who cares ....




The point here is that people who talk about huge differences among good
electronics are telling a diffferent story - the *reakl* story is about
how bad their experimental controls are.

**Indeed. Fortunately, I am (and was) a detacted professional.


** ROTFLMAO !!

The only completely "detacted " (sic) thing about TW is the link between
his brain and reality !!!!!


TW is a NOTORIOUS audiophool and former hi-fi sales criminal with a
passionate aversion to the CDP101.

Who know why - who cares ....




...... Phil