that was very informative article
I often feel my turntable seems to sound better/longer than my cd player lasts.
And the Video dosen't last long at all
That's why I've been playing records alot lately.
Analog can't be beat anyway..
The best CD players I've had were
Linn ikemi,Bryston BCD-1 & Sony SCD-1
Ayre wasn't my cup of tea for some reason..
Currently autitioning Naim CD5 XS but after one cd the sound changes for the worse.I prefer not to misjudge this player when the full frequency's are messed up.
This probably happened while auditioning Ayre CX7 eMP.
Source components with relatively low voltage power supplies (usually 25 volts or less) will tend to have broader current pulses with lower peaks. Larger components with higher voltage power supplies, like amplifiers, will have current pulses that are shorter in duration, and higher in magnitude (amps). This is because amplifiers have to get all their power during the small portion of the AC waveform that is higher in voltage than the power supply in the amplifier. The current pulses vary in frequency and peak depending on the frequencies and volume level of the music being played. These current demands may well be the reason that it is not too unusual for mid-priced PLCs ($300 - $600) to sound like they are limiting amplifier performance instead of making them sound better. Mike VansEvers is designing his PLCs to cope with those short duration, high current demands from audio components.