Appreciating the Sony Playstation 1 as a CD Player...thanks Art!

After reading Art Dudley's review of the Sony Playstation 1 from about a year ago, I bought one last fall on Ebay for a budget-busting $34.

I really like Art's writing in Stereophile, he's pretty consistently one of my favorite writers. Here are some of his comments from that review: "Above all, with every CD I tried, the PS1 exhibited a superior level of rhythmic acuity, or

Comb filtering effects and sonics. Why would they 'exaggerate' findings?

Aloha,

Over time, we have run into comb filtering being offered again and again as the root 'confuser' of subjective listening reports.

Proponents of comb filtering cite the large differences in frequency emphasis or de-emphasis that can be seen over very small spatial positioning intervals. These differences are mentioned as the solution to almost all subjectively reported audible differences audiophiles hear between pieces of electronic gear, but I think this is not a fully appropriate answer.

The Pioneer - Engineer Thread

I mentioned Ed Meitner (of Museatex) recently, as a pioneering audio engineer, who has in his own ways, helped to expand the state of the art with his unique vision. Looking at the patterns of his work, he is clearly a leader in high fidelity audio engineering, not a follower (he thinks "outside the box", to use a well worn phrase). But he is not the only one.

The Fifth Element #54 Page 2

The Fifth Element #54 Page 2

Back when there were bricks-and-mortar retail record stores to speak of in tenses other than past, I used to participate in new-release conferences. Retail-store buyers—the people who decided whether consumers would see your CDs as they browsed in the stores—would gather at a nice destination, such as Lake George, New York. The various labels would then make presentations about their upcoming new releases.

The Fifth Element #54

The Fifth Element #54

Back when there were bricks-and-mortar retail record stores to speak of in tenses other than past, I used to participate in new-release conferences. Retail-store buyers—the people who decided whether consumers would see your CDs as they browsed in the stores—would gather at a nice destination, such as Lake George, New York. The various labels would then make presentations about their upcoming new releases.

Listening #78 Page 2

Listening #78 Page 2

A new integrated amplifier called the Lars Type 1, which made its debut at the <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2009/lars_by_lars">2009 Consumer Electronics Show</A>, has given my notion of a dichotomy between mainstream audio and alternative audio a severe beating. In that sense, the Lars Type 1 has been a life-changing product, although the change took longer than expected for me to digest.

Listening #78

Listening #78

A new integrated amplifier called the Lars Type 1, which made its debut at the <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2009/lars_by_lars">2009 Consumer Electronics Show</A>, has given my notion of a dichotomy between mainstream audio and alternative audio a severe beating. In that sense, the Lars Type 1 has been a life-changing product, although the change took longer than expected for me to digest.

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