BB T1 1751 - blake - Digital Drive

BB T1 1751

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Posted by blake on March 5, 2004 at 07:09:20

In Reply to: Re: Vinnie... posted by Vinnie R. on March 5, 2004 at 05:42:12:

Thanks Vinnie. FWIW the Toshiba SD 430V (also not on the Toshiba Website) and apparently an interim replacement for the 3950 (available at Future Shop in Canada for $119 Cnd.) also has that DAC and the same layout mentioned by John Swenson below (I just popped the top on one I picked up a few days ago). There are slight cosmetic differences, but the only significant difference appears to be that the 430V has both coax and optical outs.

It is very tight to connect both component video and the analog outs as they are right on top of each other on the rear panel.

I ran a burn-in disc on my 430 for about 6 hours before doing any critical listening, but I have to say I am quite impressed. The player is very refined and composed (I can't believe how good the highs are-very, very clean and non-digital sounding). With respect to the mini-review in this thread about the bass, I would say that my initial impressions were that the player was somewhat bass shy, but upon further listening what came through to me was that this player is eliminating a lot of bass bloat that my previous player had that was simply muddying things up. Kind of like switching from a crappy RCA to Eichmann bullet plugs. Actually, the Toshiba bass, when it really is there is very deep and defined.

I'm quite taken with my new purchase.

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Topic - toshiba 3950 on its way to me - zman 16:37:16 03/04/04 (22)

Any special settings?.... - Story 11:50:03 03/05/04 (5)

No, not when playing CDs - Skeptic 06:50:53 03/06/04 (0)

Re: Any special settings?.... - jimmyjames 02:12:42 03/06/04 (3)

Re: Any special settings?.... - Mick Wolfe 07:00:02 03/06/04 (2)

Re: Any special settings?.... - jimmyjames 11:32:25 03/06/04 (1)

Re: Any special settings?.... - Mick Wolfe 18:30:44 03/06/04 (0)

First day review - meltdown 11:35:46 03/05/04 (1)

Maybe you can sell... - blake 12:54:18 03/05/04 (0)

SD-3860 (yes you read that right) on the way here... - nathan_klassen 16:48:38 03/04/04 (13)

is model# 3960 or 3860 ? <nt> - draggcj 06:32:47 03/05/04 (0)

Re: SD-3860 (yes you read that right) on the way here... - Vinnie R. 04:17:21 03/05/04 (5)

Vinnie... - blake 04:41:22 03/05/04 (4)

Re: Vinnie... - Vinnie R. 05:42:12 03/05/04 (3)

BB T1 1751 - blake 07:09:20 03/05/04 (2)

So I cracked open my 3860 and found.. - nathan_klassen 14:03:08 03/05/04 (1)

Re: So I cracked open my 3860 and found.. - rosconey 14:37:05 03/05/04 (0)

Toshiba SD-3860 vs JVC N-44SL vs Pioneer DV353 - nathan_klassen 19:38:42 03/04/04 (5)

did they change it - rosconey 04:39:44 03/05/04 (3)

Re: did they change it - Vinnie R. 05:48:33 03/05/04 (2)

Ya they changed it but - nathan_klassen 14:10:25 03/05/04 (1)

Review Comparison Update - nathan_klassen 15:35:56 03/05/04 (0)

hey thanks for the revue, will let you know my impressions [nt] - zman 20:14:00 03/04/04 (0)

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BB T1 1751 - blake 07:09:20 03/05/04 (2)

So I cracked open my 3860 and found.. - nathan_klassen 14:03:08 03/05/04 (1)

Re: So I cracked open my 3860 and found.. - rosconey 14:37:05 03/05/04 (0)

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