Many of you have probably heard about the rather old buzz that one particular model of Sony PS1 (SCPH-1001) can be exceptionally good as a CD player. There are some professional audio reviewers using PS1 as their reference digital front end.
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/leben2/system.html
Stereophile magazine has done a review on PS1 not to long ago and came to a rather positive conclusion.
http://stereophile.com/cdplayers/708play/
I thought it would be a fun and interesting exercise to compare PS1 as a CD player against other stand alone CD players. After all it costs only $20 from eBay. The plan is first to get familiar with its sound. I'll be playing various genre through PS1 over the next couple of weeks. If it doesn't sound any different from my current CD player, then the fun is over and there is nothing more to do. If it does sound different in sighted comparison, then I'll conduct blind comparison and see how well I do.
I would welcome any comments, suggestions, and constructive criticism. If you think this is silly and don't find any value, then stop reading and move on to another post. If you are interested, then I would like to hear your prediction.
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/leben2/system.html
Stereophile magazine has done a review on PS1 not to long ago and came to a rather positive conclusion.
http://stereophile.com/cdplayers/708play/
I thought it would be a fun and interesting exercise to compare PS1 as a CD player against other stand alone CD players. After all it costs only $20 from eBay. The plan is first to get familiar with its sound. I'll be playing various genre through PS1 over the next couple of weeks. If it doesn't sound any different from my current CD player, then the fun is over and there is nothing more to do. If it does sound different in sighted comparison, then I'll conduct blind comparison and see how well I do.
I would welcome any comments, suggestions, and constructive criticism. If you think this is silly and don't find any value, then stop reading and move on to another post. If you are interested, then I would like to hear your prediction.