Sony SCD-1 Filters

The standard setting is a sharp rolloff filter. The other 4 filters are not. I prefer the filters 1 through 4. I find that the different filters suit different types of music. To my ears the number 1 filter is the most like the standard filter without the sharp rolloff. Just my opinion. I am sure every person will hear something different. I just like having the choices.

When I had the SCD-1, I used no filter - seems to work better for my hearing.

I'm with Stehno....I owned a SCD-1 for about a year and always preferred the "Standard" setting.

Before getting my Levinson 360S, I would use filter 2 for modern jazz and filter 3 for some big band music. As the previous responders wrote, there is no such thing as "no filter" so there is no purist reason to pick any one filter over any other.

Randy

I do probably have a problem with my ICs, but I did my listening at my friends house, since I don't own an SCD-1.

"unmusical" was only in comparison to the others - not a statement about the CD player by the way.

The fatuiging part may have had to do with his room, however, the other settings (in different ways) helped with that in his system.