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andyk

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I've been lurking at Head-fi.org tonight, and I came across a review titled, "Personal CD Players through the Ages ~ A Review.

It's long, but I get a kick out of the audiophile-speak. Well, the review got me to thinking that I haven't listened/compared my 2 Sony discmen to my MD players. So I went upstairs and rummaged through my 16 year old daughters bedroom to find one and dusted off the other I found in my closet. I threw in some AA batteries in both units, stuffed my Shure E3C's in my ears, and proceded to compare original store bought CD's to the MD's I transferred in LP2.

By far, the MD players shine. I have a very hard time telling that I'm listening to compressed music. I also noticed a very annoying whine in the CD player built in 2000.

The 1994 CD player sounded like I was listening through two rolls of toilet paper, it was so "unclear". It's been probably 6 years since I listened to the '94. Now I know what this review was talking about. The quality of sound from personal CD players apparently took a dive after 1992. Try it for yourself. Compare your PCDP to your MD. Which do you like better?

Andy

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Maybe that's more to do with the headphone amps/outputs of certain CD players. Or perhaps the headphnes used. I currently have three Sony CD players - Sony D-NE900, D-EJ2000 and a D-FJ61, and I wouldn't say any of them sounds any worse than my MD players. Certainly not muddy or veiled etc. with good recordings and headphones/earphones.

To be honest, they all more or less sound about the same - ie. very good thank you. Mind you a cheap Philips CD player I had in about the mid-90's sounded pretty awful, but that's long since gone...

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