thylantyr
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Funny, dated 2004.
DVD Player mods
http://www.tweakaudio.com/Panasonic%20DVD%20player%20mods.html
Perhaps you saw the shootout on AudioAsylum where a $85 Panasonic DVD player beat a bunch of players...some costing as much as $10,000.
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=hirez&n=168630&highlight=blind+shootout&session=
The sequence of players was completely random. I also randomly selected which of the players went first so as to avoid the "everyone prefers the second player" effect. The winner was chosen by a show of hands. There were only two times when the vote was close enough that we did a second playthrough. All other shootouts resulted in a clear majority for one of the players.
From loser to winner, here's how it went:
10. Pioneer Elite DV-09 ($2200 new)
8. 47 Labs Flatfish with battery power supply and Progression DAC ($10,000)
7. Classe (can't remember the model, but older model) $3,000 or so
6. Audio Research CD-3 $5,000 or so
5. Sony DVP9000ES playing as redbook CD player $1,500
4. Meridian 588 (don't know the price)
3. Panasonic (can't remember the model number) $85
2. Sony DVP9000ES playing as an SACD player $1,500
1. Cary 306/200 $5,000
My comments:
* It's not even a level matched shootout, just out of the box - plug it in shootout.
* CD vs. SACD is not really 'apples to apples' testing, but interesting nonetheless.
* Because it's not level matched, the results indicate that the $85 player has
the potential to sound the same as the #1 and #2 players because the $85
player ranked higher than the other players it beat in the $1500 -$10,000 price
range.
Bottom line. Save your money and buy low cost players and put the savings
into something worthy of audible improvement. harr harr //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif
DVD Player mods
http://www.tweakaudio.com/Panasonic%20DVD%20player%20mods.html
Perhaps you saw the shootout on AudioAsylum where a $85 Panasonic DVD player beat a bunch of players...some costing as much as $10,000.
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=hirez&n=168630&highlight=blind+shootout&session=
The sequence of players was completely random. I also randomly selected which of the players went first so as to avoid the "everyone prefers the second player" effect. The winner was chosen by a show of hands. There were only two times when the vote was close enough that we did a second playthrough. All other shootouts resulted in a clear majority for one of the players.
From loser to winner, here's how it went:
10. Pioneer Elite DV-09 ($2200 new)
8. 47 Labs Flatfish with battery power supply and Progression DAC ($10,000)
7. Classe (can't remember the model, but older model) $3,000 or so
6. Audio Research CD-3 $5,000 or so
5. Sony DVP9000ES playing as redbook CD player $1,500
4. Meridian 588 (don't know the price)
3. Panasonic (can't remember the model number) $85
2. Sony DVP9000ES playing as an SACD player $1,500
1. Cary 306/200 $5,000
My comments:
* It's not even a level matched shootout, just out of the box - plug it in shootout.
* CD vs. SACD is not really 'apples to apples' testing, but interesting nonetheless.
* Because it's not level matched, the results indicate that the $85 player has
the potential to sound the same as the #1 and #2 players because the $85
player ranked higher than the other players it beat in the $1500 -$10,000 price
range.
Bottom line. Save your money and buy low cost players and put the savings
into something worthy of audible improvement. harr harr //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif
