onedown wrote:i'll be using the player mostly for headphone listening via a DIY headphone amp that i got from one of the stores in park square.
onedown wrote:Pioneer -- heard that poineers tend to sound a bit thin
Teac CD-P1250 -- as per teac's website, S/N ratio is only 70 dB. is this too low?
Yamaha CDX 396 -- yamaha website says this model uses a single bit DAC. does this mean that this is an inferior player compared to other players that uses a 16-bit DAC?
onedown wrote:rtsy, forgot to ask, but pardon my ignorance, but i don't quite understand what you meant by 47 Labs and Kondo-san's. are they audio stores, or brand names? they sound like audiophile lingo to me.
onedown wrote:thanks for enlightening me, rtsy. from your descriptions, they must be among the best sounding gear available. too bad though, by the time i have the cash to even consider buying one of them, i might be already deaf due to old age.
plays DVD-Video discs, multichannel & stereo SACDs, CDs, audio CD-Rs & CD-RWs, and MP3 CDs
192kHz/24-bit audio D/A converter
108MHz/12-bit video D/A converter
selectable interlaced/progressive-scan video output
Pixel-by-Pixel I/P Conversion de-interlacer with 3-2 pulldown processing
twin laser pickup
Precision Drive 2 system
SmoothScan and SmoothSlow search modes
TV Virtual Surround for enhanced 2-speaker sound
built-in Dolby Digital/DTS decoder with 5.1-channel output
bass management for multichannel output
optical and coaxial digital outputs for Dolby Digital/DTS/PCM
2 sets of A/V outputs (2 composite, 2 S-video, and 1 480i/480p component video)
multibrand remote (operates most TVs)
audio signal-to-noise ratio 115 dB
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