ira@comsat1.UUCP (Ira Blumberg) (07/05/85)
I just read the Audio Magazine review of the new sony CDP 605 CD player. This unit seems to combine everything that anyone could want. It can access any portion of the disk in less than 1 second and is programmable for up to 99 different selections. It has remote control and every other convenience feature that I can think of. On the audio side it has the flattest frequency response that I (and Audio Mag) have ever seen. It has among the lowest distortion and greatest channel separation also. There is almost no phase shift and the square waves looked squarer than any others. It was implied that Sony uses separate D to A electronics for each channel. This all seems too good to be true (except for the $1300 price). This machine combines great convenience with the best sound around. Does anyone out there in net land know any reason not to start saving my pennies for this new toy?
shauns@vice.UUCP (Shaun Simpkins) (07/09/85)
> I just read the Audio Magazine review of the new sony CDP 605 CD > player. This unit seems to combine everything that anyone could > want. > > This all seems too good to be true (except for the $1300 price). > This machine combines great convenience with the best sound around. > Does anyone out there in net land know any reason not to start > saving my pennies for this new toy? Consider the Sony CDP 520ES for 1/2 the price. Same drive, no front panel random access track/index selection (but available on the remote), same 2x oversampling, only one DAC, but according to High Performance Review, an absolute knockout. When tested against the Meridian player and the old Sony CDP-701ES, the reviewer claimed that bass definition, imaging, and soundstage depth were far better than either, and that the much taked about 'harshness' of earlier players was gone. In fact, for the first time in ANY snob review magazine I can think of, the CDP520ES was placed on a par with an equivalent $600 turntable/cartridge. What significance you place on these reviews is up to you, but every audio magazine I have read of late lionizes all of the new Sony line, from the CDP102 on up. And, if you don't want to spend $600 for a 520ES, consider its semi-snob cousin, the 302 for $100 less. Same everything as the 520ES but just not as "cherry picked" and available mail order for $380-$400. The problem is finding one in stock, since Sony didn't gear up for the initial demand and is 2-3 months backordered. I've listened, I like, and have a 520ES on order simply 'cause I'm a yuppie and am willing to pay another $100 for an additional 218ES on the front panel. The wandering squash, -- Shaun Simpkins uucp: {ucbvax,decvax,chico,pur-ee,cbosg,ihnss}!teklabs!tekcad!vice!shauns CSnet: shauns@tek ARPAnet:shauns.tek@rand-relay
ira@comsat1.UUCP (Ira Blumberg) (07/16/85)
I just read the Audio Magazine review of the new sony CDP 605 CD player. This unit seems to combine everything that anyone could want. It can access any portion of the disk in less than 1 second and is programmable for up to 99 different selections. It has remote control and every other convenience feature that I can think of. On the audio side it has the flattest frequency response that I (and Audio Mag) have ever seen. It has among the lowest distortion and greatest channel separation also. There is almost no phase shift and the square waves looked squarer than any others. It was implied that Sony uses separate D to A electronics for each channel. This all seems too good to be true (except for the $1300 price). This machine combines great convenience with the best sound around. Does anyone out there in net land know any reason not to start saving my pennies for this new toy? From postnews Tue Jul 16 10:16:35 1985 Subject: CD Players and D/A and Filtering Newsgroups: net.audio Sorry if this is a bit late in reply, but we have had some computer problems here. 1) Unless Audio Mag was in error, the model number of the Sony CD player is 650ES (I know its nit picking bu so what). 2) I have been away from the net for about 1.5 years but when last I was listening to this group phase shift was a very big issue. I still think that it is something to be considered. As far as I know only the 650ES uses 2 sets of decoders so there is no phase shift introduced by multiplexing one set of decoders. That was one of the main reasons I was interested in the 650 over the other Sony models.