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In Reply to: Update posted by sboje on January 08, 2001 at 12:55:07:
Hi Scott,Hmmmmm.........
Did you tell Perpetual that you had the same results with 3 different transports?
- Charlie
Follow Ups:
Not only does it happen with both transports I have right now, but it even happens on PAUSE!! The explanation I received is that if the CD player gets a bit behind or ahead, you will see that light come on. Why can't these devices have a memory buffer like a cheapo sony walkman to rid people of these ridiculous timing issues? Must be a real challenge.Now here is something interesting. If the P-1A is outputing at 96khz, my TV picture gets some sort of diagonal line interference. As soon as the P-1A is returned to 44.1k, no more interference. This is one area where the P-1A has made a profound difference! Ok, I know that is rude... just being funny.
I realize they recommend running 44.1k out of the P-1A, but it has the technology, and to me it seems the music is a bit livelier with the P-1A doing the upsample. So I'm a little concerned. It has the capability, I should be able to use it.
I can say the P-1A smooths things out, but the music is also less lively. I think the CD Enhancement sucks a little more life out, and can throw some things out of ballance (tonaly). For example, bells in an orchestral piece or over exagerated. At this point, I feel like this thing is more of a tone control than a true high-end audio device... but I will continue to give it time. I will experiment more once it does, and try to get more serious about scrutinizing different settings. Maybe I will just pick up a used Levinson 360S and get a part time at McDonalds to pay for it.
I will say the soundstage is slowly improving...
-Scott
mine is also doing the same thing with the changing light colors in direct mode. i'm still wondering if it's more of an issue with the p-1a then the transport. i also thought the p-1a doing the upsampling sounded better on my system then having the p-3a doing it. on my system with the p-1a active the music seems more lively but on some recordings it sounds better to bypass i've found. as for the picture thing are the p-1a/p-3a and the tv plugged into the same power strip?
In my brief discussion with Jon Lang at Perpetual, after describing the problems I was having, he initially thought it may be my transport and asked me if I had another on hand. When I told Jon that I had the same exact symptoms with my other transport, he was thinking that my P-1A was doing something funny.When I talk to Jon again this week, I'm going to ask him if I can send both the P-1A and P-3A back for investigation. I don't expect to have any problems whatsoever.
By the way, I now have almost 300 hours on both units, and although I don't know what each unit is doing, they do sound quite good.
- Charlie
at least they stand behind it i guess. i really hate to have to send it back though after getting use to it and having to go back to my setup before. such is life i guess.
I was an early adopter of the P-1A (in fact mine has an early software glitch, the channels are swapped), and at the outset I really didn't like the sound on any of my newer, or more well recorded cd's. On old stuff it was great, but on new stuff the music just didn't sound right, I almost sent it back.However, after a couple of hundred hours on the unit, it seemed more coherent, smoother, and I decided I no longer liked the sound of my cd's without it in the circuit. In fact, I have an RA to send it back for the channel swap fix, but I can't seem to let go of it.
I don't own a P-3A, but if you take out a fairly well recorded older cd, perhaps a remastered '70's rock selection, and it doesn't sound better with the P-1A, then something must be wrong.
Just My op.
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