18 Jul
2007
18 Jul
'07
5:08 a.m.
On 18 July 2007 at 0:00, Russ Button <russ(a)button.com> wrote:
It's just a standard Samsung DVD player that
supports
DVD-audio. I wanted a player that supported DVD-audio, SACD
and standard CD. It was even last year's model, so I got it on
a closeout for about $80.
Cool!
I've not experienced much difference in digital
sources. A CD
player is a CD player is a CD player pretty much. Yes you can
hear differences between the super-duper whiz-bang gizmo and a
Radio Shack battery powered portable, but it's a lot less than
the sales guys would like you to believe.
You found a sales guy?! ;-)
The big difference in the quality of audio playback is
in the
loudspeakers, their room placement, the sonic qualities of the
room, and to a lesser extent, the driving amplification.
For me, it's always the room that I work on first, or at least
one listening position in a room. In an attempt to stay on
topic for the forum, I'll suggest that folks have a look at
DRC http://drc-fir.sourceforge.net/ for ways to use Linux to
measure and correct a room. The documentation is *outstanding*
if one wants to learn a lot of theory behind this, and of course,
there's the source.
--
Kevin