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Trade-off between soundstage vs. PRAT

I just received my Musical Fidelity Cd-Pre24 and notice that the soundstage is a little narrower than my previous setup, has obtained more depth. I've read from somewhere which says that upsampling tend to make soundstage narrower but increase depth. I don't know if this is true for most cd player.

Also, players that tend to have large soundstage usually gives up a little in the PRAT department.

Any comments?
andy2
gunbei
2,327 posts
 
Hmmm, I don't think I've heard either of these ideas before.

Personally, I think it's more a matter of the make, model and design of the CD player than the technology involved. I could be wrong though.

This is a little different, but lately I've been comparing interconnects and I'm finding one to give me both a larger soundstage AND better PRaT than the other.

What is the rest of your system, and what was your previous CD player?
andy2 OP
1,555 posts
 
My system as followed:

VTL Deluxe 120 Mono
MF CD Pre24
Spendor S8
Harmonic Techc pro9+ and pro silwayII
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jeffreybehr
805 posts
 
What's PRAT, besides an undefined acronym?
gingko
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PRaT = Pace, Rhythm, and Timing, I think.
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