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Why does a Sony PlayStation sound good to me?

Okay I bought a couple of the Sony play stations with the rca audio outputs and hooked one up.First impression was not very good. Not detailed like my other CD players but left it on for a couple of days and am really enjoying the sound. It does sound more like an lp to me. I know the highs and lows are rolled off some and the build quality is poor but I like the sound. I now want a better quality more reliable CD player that sounds more like this. Especially for my CDs that are not recorded or transferred to digital as well. I'm happy to use this as an additional CD player but was thinking maybe Rega has a sound similar from some of the threads I have read. Sometimes I think welcome the soul of the music with too much precise details. Any suggestions on a different CD player?
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zd542
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"So how much more do you have to go up from a low cost CD player to get a CD player that sounds good?"

No idea. I go by sound quality, not price. Going by your description of what type of sound you are looking for, you may like: Rotel 1072, Arcam 33, Wadia 830, Meridian 508.24, AMC CD-6.

I've owned all of those at one time or another and still have the Arcam. Depending on what your budget is, I can list more.
missioncoonery
1,237 posts
 
I've had a few...junk IMO..if you think this is digital you havent heard a great system..if you pay for shipping I'll send you mine .
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dylanfan OP
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Missioncoonery thanks for the offer. I will take you up on the offer. I guess I haven't heard a good digital system. They all seem too loud and lose the essence of the music. CDs sound perfect but are missing something that I cannot place. What CD player are you using. Right now my PlayStation is hooked up to. Luxman 505u integrated and Dynaudio 1.1 contour speakers with Western Electric vintage wire and it sounds really sweet to me.
mikirob
955 posts
 
Dylanfan,
I'd trust your ears. Good system, too. Smart that you purchased the vintage Western Electric wire. Is it the WE 16 gauge, or some other gauge? The Western Electric has a fabulous synergy with the Belden 8402 I mentioned above. Best, Rob
mikirob
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What's missing with many digital systems is musicality. Often digital systems provide great musical artifacts, but lose the emotion of "real music." Tone, timbre, texture, color, fullness and weight and harmonic rightness is lacking in many mega-buck systems. I'm a musician, so is my Wife, Mom, Dad, and a number of Uncles. I like to joke: you are at a live performance, one member of the audience comments, "wow, Rob's guitar seems to lack resolution tonight and is he sounding transparent to you, Millie?" Millie replies, "not to me, Russ, plus they're not imaging well and I notice that drummer dropped a stick and it was not audible." Russ responds, "yeah, soundstage lacks depth as well; at least the tone is right..." Best, Rob
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