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Playstation 1.... An audiophiles dream????

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RayB:
I'm not surprised. It's digital data. There's a ceiling regarding how well you can convert that data to the sound it's supposed to represent. All you need is a proper interpolation algorithm and a circuit that doesn't bleed any noise into it.

boykster:

--- Quote from: Joystick Jerk on June 05, 2007, 04:10:42 am ---100% ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---. There are a certain class of audiophiles with an unlimited amount of money and time, and they can convince themselves of anything. The same people that would spend $2000 on chemically balanced wooden volume knobs or a 3 foot audio cable will also believe that a console with off the shelf audio parts is performing some sort of audio magic. The sites that cater to these idiots also tout the fact that they don't support double blind testing, i.e. they ignore the very thing that could prove they're completely full of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.

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While I agree with you in principle...I call it the "Monster Cable" effect....that doesn't mean that ALL equipment is created equally.  I have no clue if the PS1 as a cd player is rational or not, but I replaced my $3000 denon AVR with a $300 panasonic XR55 digital AVR because it really DID sound better.  I DID do blind tests, and preferred the cheap reciever over my flagship model. 

 :dunno

Joystick Jerk:

--- Quote from: boykster on June 05, 2007, 01:57:32 pm ---While I agree with you in principle...I call it the "Monster Cable" effect....that doesn't mean that ALL equipment is created equally.  I have no clue if the PS1 as a cd player is rational or not, but I replaced my $3000 denon AVR with a $300 panasonic XR55 digital AVR because it really DID sound better.  I DID do blind tests, and preferred the cheap reciever over my flagship model. 

 :dunno

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Of course, everythings different. And cheaper items can perform better than more expensive items. But this is clearly a case of people thinking what they want to think and ignoring reality. Crack open a PS2, and it has fairly primitive audio capabilties. Some idiot was listening to it, and for whatever reason suddenly decided it was the best sound he had ever heard. He spreads that around, and suddenly every techy audiophile is believing that the PS2 is the ultimate sound processing machine.

romperwomb:
Hmm, I remember having to turn my PS1 upside down to get it to read disks.

boykster:

--- Quote from: romperwomb on June 05, 2007, 08:34:59 pm ---Hmm, I remember having to turn my PS1 upside down to get it to read disks.

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you should post that over on that thread...maybe the audiophiles will try it and achieve sonic nirvana  ;D

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