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<blockquote data-quote="MrBlack" data-source="post: 1249757" data-attributes="member: 555146">It has alot less to do with how the CD player picks up the information off the cd and alot more to do with what the system does with that info while converting it to an analog signal that the rest of your stereo can understand and thereafter.&nbsp; I can more than &quot;**** near guarantee&quot; that the 9855 comes no where near to the quality of the signal that the DRZ9255 outputs, even if you paired the Alpine with the H701 processor, because you&#039;re still starting with the 9855 as the weakest link in the signal chain.&nbsp; You could even take a direct digital signal and input it into the 701 and in most cases I think the 9255 would still come out on top.Would my friends most likely be able to hear the difference?No.Would the difference between the two really matter?To me, most definately.Which deck would I buy?If I were forced into making a decision, out of the choices provided, definately the 9255, with the P9 a distant second.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrBlack, post: 1249757, member: 555146"] It has alot less to do with how the CD player picks up the information off the cd and alot more to do with what the system does with that info while converting it to an analog signal that the rest of your stereo can understand and thereafter. I can more than [I]"**** near guarantee"[/I] that the 9855 comes no where near to the quality of the signal that the DRZ9255 outputs, even if you paired the Alpine with the H701 processor, because you're still starting with the 9855 as the weakest link in the signal chain. You could even take a direct digital signal and input it into the 701 and in most cases I think the 9255 would still come out on top. Would my friends most likely be able to hear the difference? No. Would the difference between the two really matter? To me, most definately. Which deck would I buy? If I were forced into making a decision, out of the choices provided, definately the 9255, with the P9 a distant second. [/QUOTE]

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