dsj@rabbit.UUCP (David S. Johnson @ ) (08/30/84)
I have now had my Revox CD player for a week, and am very pleased with the sound. I have detected none of the supposed harshness of CD through my ADS 910 speakers. The image is also quite 3-dimensional on well recorded CD's (Telarc's for instance). In short, I observe none of the supposed defects of digital (and all the advantages). I've also been surprised at how much I enjoy the ease and speed of the machine's mechanical operation (no disc cleaning, random access, immediate return to the beginning of a track or skipping to the next, with maximum of 3 seconds cueing time). The machine also comes with a test tone at maximum output, which should help in setting volume levels so that tweeters don't get blown. My one reservation is in the accuracy of the cueing, which is only plus or minus .5 seconds. On discs where the music starts to close to the 0 index point, this can occasionally (and randomly) lead to clipping off the first sliver of the music (This happened with all the players I auditioned - NEC, Yamaha, so I suspect it's a universal problem). I can get around this using the pause control by backing up a second, but its a minor annoyance. Anyone else had any experience with this? Finally, of the 23 CD's I've bought or borrowed, I have never had a mistracking or an audible defect. David Johnson - AT&T Bell Laboratories
rnj@brl-tgr.ARPA (Bob Jesse ) (09/02/84)
I've got the Technics SL-P7 CD player -- I've never observed the plus-or-minus 0.5 sec problem you mention with queueing. I've seeked to and played lots of tracks which begin right at 0:00 without ever experiencing clipping. Could it be that different algorithms are used for seeking? - Bob -- Robert Jesse
wjm@whuxl.UUCP (MITCHELL) (10/31/84)
Thanks, Phil ...
As many of you know, I've been thinking about getting a CD player for a while
now and have been looking over the equipment directory in Audio, plus the
under $600 article in SR.
My question, which Phil has given his opinion for, is:
Is it better to spend $1150 for the Revox player or save one's money and
get a $600 or so Denon, Sony, etc.
Certainly the rest of my system would support the more expensive equipment
and I don't mind paying more - IF I get performance for the $$ (which is why
I spent close to $2K on a turntable, arm, and cartridge).
Comments can be mailed to lcuxc, and flames to /dev/null
Regards,
Bill Mitchell ({ihnp4!}lcuxc!wjm)emrath@uiucdcsb.UUCP (11/03/84)
I'm happy with the sound coming from my Sony CDP-200, but then I don't
have the equipment (both hardware and liveware) that can create a
sound stage that is w feet wide by h feet high by d feet deep.
Unless I'm in the right mood and position (which isn't very often),
stereo systems always sound like they're coming from two boxes "up front".
Probably because that's reality, and it's hard to fool mother nature :-)
But hey, when I go to concerts, they usually have sound reinforcement
systems, and it STILL sounds like it's coming from boxes in the
corners or horns on the ceiling.
I would save the 550$ and apply it to CDs,
you can always upgrade the player later.
However, I find that I'm ready to upgrade, but not because of audio quality.
I'm in the process of looking for a player that has the following:
* It MUST be mechanically quieter than the Sony while spinning the disk.
The Sony makes a chuffing noise related to disk revolution.
* When you turn it on, it should accept an "open drawer" command
immediately, not being locked out for 1 or 2 seconds.
(the Revox doesn't even have to be turned on, you
just tell it to open the drawer and it comes on!)
* It should have a "stop at end of current track" button that
can be pressed during play.
* It should be able to display time remaining on the current track,
in addition to total remaining time. Also, the Sony blanks the
track number when displaying total remaining time - kind of dumb.
Also, a blank time display might be nice, but time into track, the
power up state on the Sony, adds little or no value for me.
* I'll probably look for some programming capabilities.
Perry Emrath ...pur-ee!uiucdcs!emrath
DCS, U of IL emrath%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa