On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Dan Frakes wrote:
> The basics of my relatively modest home stereo, averaging seven years old
> (it was bought one piece at a time), are the following: $200 speaker
> system (PSB), $300 amp (NAD), $250 CD player (NAD). That's a $750 system
> -- not a Circuit City shelf system, but it didn't cost a fortune by any
> means. Yet even my friends who aren't into audio can immediately hear the
> difference between a CD and an MD with the same album (played through my
> MZR-50's line out). I'm sure that the MD sound might be a little better
> if played through a dedicated component player, but not enough to offset
> the obvious differences in sound quality.
Nods. Though to be fair, you would have to do this on a system with
digital inputs where both the CD and the MD are using the same DAC. DAC
performance is often THE prevailing factor in how a digital medium
sounds. For instance, I can hear a significant difference in the quality
of sound coming from a CD being played in my toshiba 2108 DVD player
depending on whether or not I'm using the Toshiba's DAC or the DAC in my
Rotel RSX-965. The Rotel kills the Toshiba.
I'm willing to bet that the DAC in the R50 (which I have sitting next to
me right now) isn't all that hot really. No reason for it to be really
since listening conditions for portables are rarely favorable.
-Matt
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