Seems true. Found an early 1995 Oct. Playstation 1.Plugged it in today, and listened for 2 hours. This short review is written without any serious breaking-in or burning in and the PS1 probably was not plugged in for years, so I am expecting better sound after couple days of continuous burning in.
Anyway, to cut short, the sound is actually very good. I am not sure if it's $6000 good, but it's definitely 100x better than the $25 I paid.
The sound has a bit of analog flavor, with a very sweet midrange. Perhaps the high frequency could have been better but it is definitely going to shame a lot of high-end CD player.
The original PS1 has a separate Audio RCA (L/R) connection, later units use a break-out cables. Made in Japan, Model number should be SCPH-100x (x is 1 in the US, other numbers for different markets).
Negative - one thing I notice is that it's very susceptible to vibration. Whether it's my unit, I don't know, but just knocking on the cover I could make the CD skipped. Also, on less then pristine CD, there is some background noise (vinyl like quality??).
Definitely a keeper. I will probably look further into modifying the unit.
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Topic - Sony Playstation 1 as high-end CD Player - Busybusy 15:04:15 03/13/07 (8)
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