When deciding which of the two units to buy, one comment I would make is:
if you can, *listen* to the two units before you buy.
Don't just go on specs or price alone, obviously price is one of the most
important factors, but the device is designed for making sound, so the sound
should also be an important consideration. Either way you're going to wind
up spending a lot of money, so best to make sure you're not going to regret
your choice either way. Go to a decent hi-fi store and A-B the two units on
the same amp and speakers or if you can borrow the units to A-B in your home
(some stores here in NZ will let you do this over a weekend or overnight,
don't know how trusting they are overseas).
Specs will tell you what features you're buying, and features, bells and
whistles can be extremely important with MD gear. But specs won't tell you
how it sounds - maybe the two units have different D/A converters. Maybe
you won't notice a difference, or maybe you subscribe to the "all digital
music sound reproduction systems must produce the same sound" school of
thought in which case you free yourself up for the cheaper system with total
confidence. But you never know. You don't want to get the cheaper machine
and then go to someone's place is 9 months, hear the 940 in action and cry!
I woudn't describe myself as an audiophile, but in my search for a decent CD
player with a digital output for my JE520 I A-B'ed the current NZ model Sony
CD players of the time - the CDPXE 500, 700(?) and 920. Each have different
transports, D/A converters (or so I'm led to believe...) and different build
quality. I won't argue which made the difference, but each CD player
sounded different even though hooked up to the same amp and speakers,
listened to from the same place and playing the same section of the same
track from the same CD.
They all sounded good, but the 920 was significantly better in sound -
cleaner and more detailed, less fuzzy, plus it ws nicer to operate
(including the digital filter, which it's sister MD models 930/940 have,
which is fun). It was either buy the bottom model (still a considerable
outlay), regret it, and lose money selling it later (which I've done before)
or buy the better model and keep it.
So..... maybe the situation is the same with Sony MD separates. That said,
it looks to me like the 640 is a new evolution of the 520 and I can vouch
for the quality and sound of the 520 (mind you I've never compared it to a
920/930/940...!)
p.s. Towel - where in NZ did you score the Sony Pulse from? I'm keen to lay
my hands on a copy (if they're in Chch yet..)
richard
Richard Lang
-----Original Message-----
From: David W. Tamkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 August 2000 9:10 a.m.
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: MD: JE640 vs. JB940
....
Video-Direct tell me they'll have a price on the JE640 by the end of the
week. Sounds as though I'll cancel my order with them for a JB940 and
get a JE640 instead.
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