Who says computer replay sounds better than cd players?

Posted by fmak (A) on August 31, 2014 at 09:42:34

Note: I wrongly posted this in Digital and can't delete it but it belongs here.

I discovered that I have an old Sony CDP S7000 DVD/CD player and decided to check it out for selling. I honestly didn't know!

Connected it to a computer system which has Realtek HD audio and played a CD thru it, comparing this with a ripped PC version using Audition CS6 and Foobar as player with WASAPI output.

The Sony sounds vastly superior, with that concert hall make-believe whereas the ripped version has little life in it. Both outputs are from the same preamp into the same audio chain.

Music is BBC Last night at the Proms, with very familiar material. In fact the music thru the Sony reminds me of my recent visit to the Royal Albert, although there is a degree of hf digititise with less dynamics and sense of space and resolution etc.

As the Sony won't sell for very much, I shall now keep and use it for audio/video. No new CD player costing a couple of thousand pounds (and more) has the construction and quality of finish of the Sony. The remote itself is a luxury item.

It'll be interesting to use it to play upsampled CDs thru my dCS upsampler and various dacs.

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Topic - Who says computer replay sounds better than cd players? - fmak 09:42:34 08/31/14 (20)

Thanks for reporting on this.......... - Sordidman 14:23:16 09/02/14 (0)

RE: Who says computer replay sounds better than cd players? - audioengr 10:25:01 09/01/14 (1)

.Mine - fmak 22:39:53 09/01/14 (0)

It seems - Stale 07:14:48 09/01/14 (0)

Not me! - maxim 05:11:47 09/01/14 (0)

RE: Who says computer replay sounds better than cd players? - jad 21:20:54 08/31/14 (0)

Maybe all the fussing with your PC didn't improve it after all? - Jaundiced Ear 19:01:16 08/31/14 (0)

Not me - Goober58 16:47:42 08/31/14 (9)

RE: Not me - John Elison 20:51:02 08/31/14 (8)

RE: Not me - Goober58 22:20:05 09/01/14 (2)

RE: Not me - John Elison 05:53:24 09/02/14 (1)

Lucky you - Goober58 09:42:43 09/02/14 (0)

RE: Not me - Tony Lauck 07:36:57 09/01/14 (4)

RE: Not me - John Elison 10:19:38 09/01/14 (0)

The worse sound is the result of the poor system architecture devised by Sony and Philips (SPDIF). - fmak 07:51:16 09/01/14 (2)

RE: The worse sound is the result of the poor system architecture devised by Sony and Philips (SPDIF). - Tony Lauck 07:58:47 09/01/14 (1)

bluster - fmak 03:53:43 09/02/14 (0)

RE: Who says computer replay sounds better than cd players? - John Elison 13:45:24 08/31/14 (0)

RE: Who says computer replay sounds better than cd players? - Bob_C 11:53:56 08/31/14 (1)

Better transport; better than Realtek output - fmak 13:00:37 08/31/14 (0)

Who says computer replay sounds better than cd players?

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