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In Reply to: RE: cPlay, yes for shure, but JPLAY ? posted by n_vincent on January 15, 2012 at 07:16:42
Nicolas! We cannot test jplay on the same machine (I mean os), as jplay is 64 bits only. Marcin Ostapovich and Joseph Piri - the authors of jplay have taken a lot of ideas from foobar forum and from here, I think, and probably their own to produce a player. Even the name is nothing short of imitation. I have VERY STRONG doubts that jplay can even get close to the sound, one can get from cplay WITH FULL TWEAKING, so why waste 100 euro? My doubts are based on the fact that jplay is a commercial product (and even that being evolving), that has to work in a normal unabridged OS environment. While, probably, a good product, it doesn't cost its money, I am sure, as no simple player does cost such a sum.
Now, cplay is more than a stellar and splendid player. Its a hobby, a rite of passage and assention.
BTW, Can you imagine anyone paying 100 euros for the player and then starting to tweak his windows7 to reduce it to 25mb?
Serge.
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I agree completely.
I became aware of this a few months ago and thought the claims made were bordering on ridiculous (considering a full WINDOWS installation) and the imitation did not have any of the graces of flattery.
There is nothing wrong with someone reporting their experience especially in comparison to cMP. Just as it is interesting to know how our evolvning cMP systems compare to CD players. But there is no question this Forum cannot become a JPplay forum, also.
I did not get the feeling that n_vincent had any intentions of that happening by his hand.
=Just as it is interesting to know how our evolvning cMP systems compare to CD players.=
System: a source - cMP2 classical optimized (one year ago) w/o network with Lynx Studio L22 upgraded and with full linear PSU (see my website, black Zalman); the amplifier - ART AUDIO LAB m25, acoustics - Klipsch La Scala 2. A reference source - Accuphase DP-75V (http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/249/).
At first the various jazz and classical material was listened to get used to system sound, first of all Klipsch La Scala 2 (personally I listened the horn for the first time). The record of Miles Davis and Gil Evans "Sketches Of Spain" and the record of Anna-Sofi Mutter "Carmen-Fantasie" were listened attentively. The system sound on these records made strong impression to me - live, natural sound. Anna-Sofi stood in the room and played for us. A reference source and cMP2 were compared on the record of Bucky Pizzarelli "Swing Live" (Chesky).
Summary of my friend Michael Nikolaev:
"Both compared sources has similar sound in sense of a musical involvement. But Accuphase gave more gathered elastic bass, in my opinion, more correct. May be Accuphase has the slightly higher resolution but not considerably. cMP2 has more analog sound and sometimes it seemed that sound of cMP2 is more preferable for music listening. It is possible to tell that the source cMP2 was gained worthy, involving the listener in music. And as a whole the system can be described as a true Hi-End".
Serge.
http://cmp2-mihaylov.narod.ru/
My cMP2: Windows XP SP2 Ru, GA-H55M-UD2H, i3-530, Corsair CM3X160C9DHX 1GB, system drive - Transcend IDE FLASH MODULE TS2GDOM40V-S FAT32, ESI Juli@, full linear PSU, NAS - WD My Book Live
Is that you or Michael in the picture?
It is my friend Serge, owner of system. I and Michael were on visit to him. Michael is audiophile with great experience.
Serge.
http://cmp2-mihaylov.narod.ru/
My cMP2: Windows XP SP2 Ru, GA-H55M-UD2H, i3-530, Corsair CM3X160C9DHX 1GB, system drive - Transcend IDE FLASH MODULE TS2GDOM40V-S FAT32, ESI Juli@, full linear PSU, NAS - WD My Book Live
There is not a perfect source.
I compare cMP to an analogue setup.
All in all I find myself enjoying cMP with minimized WINDOWS more than analogue.
We all are sensitive to different aspects of sound. I guess cMP aligns with my biases?
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