spoo@utcsrgv.UUCP (Suk Lee) (01/23/84)
Okay, all you Golden Ears out there:
How come I haven't heard a *SINGLE*
complaint about the inter-channel
phase difference in CD players with
only one D/A converter?
Many CD players use only one D/A
converter and multiplex it between the
two channels: this leads to a phase
lag which goes from aprrox 0 degrees
at 20 Hz. to around 90 degrees at
high frequencies.
Why don't you complain about that too?
Could it be that you didn't know about
it, so you didn't hear it? (Anyway,
it translates to an image shift of a
fraction of a mm.)
Hey, out there: did you anti-CD types
like the Telarc records when they
first came out on vinyl? Then did you
dislike the CD versions? If you didn't,
it seems to me that you like the
colourations in vinyl. If you did,
then could it be that the CD's you've
disliked (I agree that there are ROTTEN
ones out there) are unpleasant for
other reasons than the "inherent
inadequacy" of CD?
Cheerfully awaiting your replies,
and,
From the pooped paws of:
Suk Lee
..!{decvax,linus,allegra,inhp4}!utcsrgv!spoopmr@drufl.UUCP (01/23/84)
Telarc discs to me always sounded ho-hum: generally dynamic given the limitations of the vinyl, lacking ambience, and a bit edgy. CDs playing the re-formatted Telarc versions sounded even worse for whatever reasons. But there is hope! I may (or may not) have mentioned that digital master tapes sound different from CD versions -- even using the same format. I have it on good authority that these machines used in transferring the tape to the CD are being modified to reflect more accurately the quality of the master tape. Personally, the only unit I've heard so far that sounds "natural," and I use the word loosely, is the Luxman. None that I have ever heard reproduce a wide soundstage regardless of source material. Does anyone know if Lux uses multiplexing? Oversampling? Now, whether multiplexing will become more noticeable when the software gets better remains to be seen (heard?). Yours for higher fidelity, Phil Rastocny ..!drufl!pmr