As far as an audio cd player goes, is it what its hyped up to be. Someone mentioned in another thread that the reason this model is supposedly highly sought after is because its "superb" audio quality due to the fact of the out put being independent something like that. I have an oppurtunity to snag one for cheap just to add to the collection. Anyone with it can give me some personal insight / opinions? Thank you.
I got a SCPH-1001 for free. Had to put a new laser in it but it works. Probably need to calibrate the laser sometime. I've heard the audio quality is supposed to be amazing, but I never really tried to compare as I don't have a top tier sound system. You should be able to get a SCPH-1001 cheap. Only problem is the laser will probably be dead and need replacement due to poor design.
I'm certain there are a few other topics that have covered this as thoroughly as it can be covered. Some people think it's a piece of high end audio equipment. Others argue that it's only average. I'd say that it would seem peculiar that a cheaply manufactured piece of gaming equipment could compare with multi thousand dollar audio components. I also remember something about the system needing some sort of modifications in order to even tap into the components that make it a decent audio player. -ServiceGames-
I'd say it's a pretty good CD player. I don't have a really expensive CD player to compare it to, but comparing it to my iPod it's noticeably better sounding. That's probably not a very good comparison as iPods don't have very good sound quality (supposedly), but at the very least it tells me that it's a decent if not great CD player. Also, I haven't modded mine, so I imagine if I did it would sound even better. My stereo system isn't fantastic either - just an old Pioneer receiver, two JBL loudspeakers, and a Polk Audio subwoofer. Even still, with this setup the SCPH-1001 sounds pretty good.
Compared to dedicated CD players it isnt going to do so well. A receiver kit will blow it away. Normal cd players (shitty argos type ones) will probably be on par with the 1001. I remember when i was in year 7 i bought a full pioneer kit (receiver and subwoofer and speakers) purely for blasting bassline (lol) because i wasnt happy with how it played through my tv on PS/PS2
the iPod is also running MP3s, which are no where near the quality of a CD is almost all cases. Not to say the 1001 is anything all that great without modding, but its better then any MP3 player really.
I would've thought that the video outputs and computer processing/ graphics etc might interfere with the audio slightly. If you look at some high-end DVD players for instance, they usually have a Video Off button (and a Display Off button for the VFD).
Its got to be.. i wouldn't think that Vibrations (or sound waves for that matter) would any way affect the PS1's ability to read the 1's and 0's on a cd.. (Record player...most definatly) I suppose it you set it right on top of a sub or something to cause the player to skip... but still...
Most audiophiles are shitfuck crazy though, there was a test done with some "monster" cables and some stndard grade cabling and once told the standard were "monster" and vice versa, the placebo effect takes place. Better than an iPod? yeah. SUPER GREAT CD PLAYER? I'd say average.
Japanese are also just as nuts when it comes to audiophiles. Some of them say the colour of the wire makes a difference in the sound. Yeah, right! So an experiment was set up where white wire (arguably the superior sounding wire) and standard black wire was used. Of course the audiophiles when for the white wire but as it turned out both sets of wire were black :lol: It's one thing to care about high quality, I'm one of those guys my self but some of the "expert" audiophiles guys are pure wankers. Yakumo
it most certainly is not a high-end cd player. http://www.stereophile.com/budgetcomponents/708play/index.html the ipod can play lossless music! not that 90% of ipod owners care :-(
/audiophile wanker There is some logic behind Dogbreath's damping guide if it is a little OTT. The important thing to remember is that end game of hi-fi is to reproduce the sound as close to the original recording as the technology will allow. As we all know CD players are still mechanical devices in which lasers can go out of alignment and bumps and jolts can cause skips. It is for this reason players capable of playing Red Book Audio have to contain an error correction facility capable of smoothing out the effects of jitters/vibrations/dust particles/sratches etc... So why damp? Sound by it's very nature is a vibration which has the potential to cause the error correction to kick in (especially if the speakers are on the same surface as the player). Although to the listener there will be very little difference (if any) the sound produced will be an approximation of the original recording based upon what original data can be read under the conditions. Obviously with too much vibration the CD player will skip. It's a pedantic mod, which for 99.9% of people is completely superfluous. But if you are serious about making a hi-fi curiosity then probably quite worthwhile. I am in the process of modding mine by removing the power supply and cleaning the signal path (that's if my company permit me more than a few days back home at a time!), I'll share my results. Here was another thread on the topic http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22301&highlight=audio+properties
Correct it won't as the textures are purely digital. In the case of CD audio we are converting a PCM bitstream into an audio signal. External factors (dust,vibrations etc) can cause the drive to misread data, therefore error correction algorithms kick in. In that case the analogue output is an approximation based upon what data could be read and not necessarily the original waveform.
philips cd-i cd drives are said to be top notch. and also those professional photo-cd (not video cd- photo) viewers from kodak are said to be the best you can get for audio too. In any case i think that the result it's mostly up to the loudspeakers more than the cd drive.
