ark (03/13/83)
Not all CD players are created equal. Some of them throw away the low-order two bits of each sample, some keep them.
jeff (03/13/83)
Some of the several digital compact disc (DCD) players have a 14-bit D/A, but it`s hard to discern from their literature which ones. The Sony CDP-101 has 16 bits. One of the latest audio mags has a discussion of "CDP sound", stating that it will be different from player to player. Sounds reasonable, as certainly the linear circuits will differ, although there are no cartridge or arm resonances, etc., to worry about. In fact, some differences might be attributable to things as far up in the chain as the photodetector, an analogue element. My CDP-101 sounds very good; its dynamic range clearly exceeds that of the room I listen to it in. I`m waiting for some opera discs to be released, though; nothing serious [vocally] is available in Japan yet. Jeffrey Frey Ithaca, N.Y.