Posts by MButorin

I bought a Pioneer LD-S1, was not in working condition. The specialist said that the need to change the laser- Pik-up. Who knows where to find it? What is the name of the laser? And how to regulate it if necessary.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kurtis Bahr The CLD-97 has really good sound for the bit-stream players as it has the separate power supply for analog and digital sections and high quality decoupling capacitors. The multi-bit machines will...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kurtis Bahr The S1 has a 16-bit DAC and back when they were not as stable with 0V crossover, never listened to this unit for Audio. It is still better than a bit-Stream in my opinion. My favorite is my...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kurtis Bahr Since you are now talking about the DAC I now say look for the LD-S2 or CLD-95 for multi-bit DAc or CLD-97 for bit-stream. It's your call if you can hear the difference. I can definitely hear a...

Quote: Originally Posted by EJ When you talk about wanting the analog signal, do you mean the DAC converted digital track of the LD, or the actual CX noise-reduced analog track? I mean the DAC converted digital track of the LD.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kurtis Bahr The McIntosh is a re-badged CLD-97 with no improvements or Video or Audio so save money and get the CLD-97. If you are looking at analog Audio then you would still want the LD-S1, LD-S2, CLD-95...

These models consider: LD-S2(X1), CLD-95, CLD-97.

Quote: Originally Posted by Reinbo Wouldn't that be the Mcintosh MLD 7020 Mcintosh does not need ! Just want PIONEER!

Quote: Originally Posted by EJ I understand you are wondering about the DACs in the LD-S1, it being a beautiful piece of equipment circa 1987, I noticed the video only had a S/N of 48dB. I had a player with that video spec for 15 years,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kurtis Bahr They use a Burr-Brown design, PCM56P-K, that is 16 bit DAC one for each channel. If you really care about sound the CLD-95 was the last Elite to use the multi-bit DAC's and is supposed to be the...