The Philips cd850 is still an impressive machine , for sale too
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The Philips cd850 is still an impressive machine , for sale too
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Location: Reading
Posts: 110
I'm George.
My views on early CD and CD players is based on listening experience, listening and like a few other rushing into buying CD players. The early players had crude filters and some were 14 bit because they were rushed out. Philips did all they could to get 16 bit players as soon as they could.
My observations on sound are based on a whole range of systems including a Krell 600 monoblock wtih Wilson speakers. The speakers were closers to 4 ohms than 8 ohms so the amps could generate 1000 watts per channel so there were was no shortage of power or level. And I do listen er...loud as my neighbours can testify even though we live in a detached house.
The delta sigma based players have a dynamically flat sound but that is not true of all of them. The sound of 16 bit R2R based CD players sounds more dynamic but maybe a little cruder. But music has to be about dynamics and I will put up with a slight divergence from a perfectly flat frequency response to get more lifelike dynamics.
I agree on the differences between LPs and CDs and both to me now sound good, different but good. We can now have a good choice between the sound and the 'experience' of both formats. But a similar sound between the very early (14 bit?) CD players, the multi-bit 16 bit and delta sigma players.....no.
Sorry but I had the early Phillps CDP and it was shockingly bad. Music sounded like glass bottles being broken!
Location: London/Durham
Posts: 6,881
I'm Lawrence.
Location: London/Durham
Posts: 6,881
I'm Lawrence.
My first CD player was a Philips CD610 MkII that had a TDA1543 chip and sounded pretty good to me. My son used it for years until it expired. Spookily my sister asked me if I wanted her son's old CD player recently....bet you can't guess what it was?????
Must fire it up and do the nostalgia thing.
Buy Bose...And get your parking validated!.
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No Highs...No Lows....It Must Be Bose!
Location: London/Durham
Posts: 6,881
I'm Lawrence.