Playstion one audiophile stereophile review

No argument to all of you. You should read stereophile review and see how they test and compare to other CD players. For me 16 bit still sound better than 24 bit but if you buy cd player more than 2K, maybe they sound great. Depends on your taste, budget, and your system, I like playstation one more than Sony SACD 777ES and enjoy it as brought $50.

Swanny I would think twice about knocking NOS DACs. The DAC in my $15k system uses "cheapo" 16-bit chips as well.

As for the PSX, I happen to find the sound very pleasing, and I do think it's a matter of taste. Some may find it soft, round, and lacking detail, but there are many good and expensive CDPs, DACs, speakers, amps, preamps, etc. that could be recognized as such. I suspect if I listened to the CDP of somebody who thinks the PSX is a 3/10 I would probably find his system to be bright, hard, and thin.

And speaking from experience, mods can make a tremendous difference with this unit and add a LOT of extension.

As compared to my cheap Oppo, the PS1 is ultimately more enjoyable to me. The Oppo does present more detail, but this more explicit presentation is not as "musical" to me.
I would consider minor power supply upgrade, but lets face it, the thing cost me $15! Not looking for or claiming it beats out -anything else-, just think it sounds great.
I'm not the kind who thinks that higher tech/parts quality/price always means better sound. Sometimes cheap stuff just falls together to make results beyond the sum of it's parts.
Overall I don't find the sound as detailed as some, but not lacking. Also, it delivers a richness of sound that some players miss. Of course all opinions are based on a couple of humble systems I have used it in.