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Originally posted by tbng:
At their '89 show in New York, they put on a single-blind test comparing a doctored CD played on a very expensive transport vs. an untouched CD played on an off-the-shelf Philips unit...If I recall, only one or two got six out of seven.
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This, in fact, makes total sense, since the only changes in this a/b test are in the digital realm. Despite the preponderance of snake oil in terms of CD weights and digital cable magnets, since it's all 1s and 0s, there is no effective difference without a D/A.

This is quite different from comparing pre/pros, whose whole purpose is to act as the analog gateway for digital (and analog) signals. Like speakers, pre/pros deal with analog signals, although the signal path is more complex in a pre/pro. If you believe that similarly priced speakers can sound different, does it not follow that pre/pros would be capable of at least some variety in sonic characteristics? wink

I see you're from Red Lion - is that the Red Lion in chester or york county?
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