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In Reply to: Re: So what has this player actually been compared to? posted by jimmyjames on March 08, 2004 at 12:14:58:
To my Sony CE775 player I paid $200 for. It is an SACD/CD player that does multichannel playback also. That player had been discussed to great lengths when it was available.The Tosh 3950 is a decent bargain at the price it is being offered. In my opinion however, it is a better CD player than a DVD player. I prefer the picture and sound quality on the Panasonic RV30 I compared it to last night. That player at closeout price was under $100. The 3950 however I much more preferred for CD playback.
Quite interesting your experince versus the Marantz DV-8400, a $1599 price I noted for that player. That product is quite highly rated by TAS. And I quote: "standard CD playback is better than most stand alone CD only players".
I suppose it is going to be dependent on exactly what folks main purposes is for the Tosh 3950. For $60 I decided to give it a go but I doubted it would outperform the CE775 as I mentioned in a thread I posted about 3 or 4 days ago before I bought it. I was right. The statement made on that player in a review in one of the hi-fi magazines was quoted as "grand larceny for the price".
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Are you comparing the cd playback sound of the Toshiba and the Sony or are you comparing the cd playback of the Toshiba to the SACD playback of the Sony? Nobody here in Digital Drive is talking about the 3950's video capability. I haven't even put a DVD in the thing.
If you favor the Tosh 3950 over the Marantz you own for CD playback, I suppose it makes no sense whatsoever for me to try the Marantz given I favor the Sony CE775 over the 3950.I'm hunting for a universal player and CD playback would definitely be a factor in which I choose.
really make this hobby interesting. I have not heard the Sony CE775, but, in "reading between the lines" have come to the conclusion, perhaps erroneously, that many of Sony's offerings have a sonic character that favors detail and information retrieval at the expense of "musicality", which can be a bit hard to define. I've thus shyed away from the Sony products, perhaps to my own detriment. In any event, personal taste is what it's all about in this hobby. For me, the Toshiba, like any product, is probably going to have its shortcomings, but I can honestly say I'm happy to live with those shortcomings and trade off the last degree of detail. I can see where others may well want to go in the other direction, though. I have decent turntable, and if I could still buy new vinyl without a major hassle, I would; to me the Toshiba has some very analogue like qualities.How would you describe the sound of the 775 compared to the Toshiba?
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